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Witness appeal after woman, 20, raped in alley after leaving club

By Samantha McGregor EXTRA police patrols have been launched in Banbury after a young woman was raped after she left a night club.

The 20-year-old victim left Moo Moo Clubrooms, in High Street, at 11.15pm on Friday and walked down an alleyway.

A man approached her from behind and then raped her before running off.

Police have described the man as white with a moustache.

Extra police patrols have been mounted in Banbury and a scene watch put in place while further investigations take place.

Detective Inspector Matt Bick, based at Banbury police station, said: “This is clearly a very distressing incident, which I understand will cause concern in the community, but I would like to reassure people that we are carrying out a full and thorough investigation.

I would ask anyone who has any information which they think could relate to the incident, no matter how insignificant it may seem, to contact us.”

DI Bick added that they were unable to release further details at this stage but would provide updates when possible.

The woman is currently being supported by specially trained officers.

Anyone with information should call 101 quoting reference 43180043341, or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

Station gets a spring revamp

Commuters travelling through Bicester North last week would have seen gardeners preparing the ground

BICESTER North Station received a much-needed makeover last week as a community group dug ditches and rooted weeds at the railway side.

Despite the icy temperatures, the Friends of Bicester North Station community group grabbed their spades and dug the ground near the London-bound platform, ready for plants to bloom in the spring.

The 21 volunteers prepared the 388 sqm space for replanting with a garden to provide year-round colour, a path and possibly even seating for the Chiltern Railways customers.

Bea Foster, from Friends of Bicester North Station, said: “It was so much fun to take on a new project and be part of the birth of a new group.

“I look forward to more sessions and seeing Bicester North Station look splendid and cared for.”

Bicester’s Wyvale Garden Centre and Burleys landscape gardeners supported the group with advice and materials.

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Staff ‘must be safe’ from fallout of Oxfam scandal

Union seeks reassurance for ‘blameless’ employees

By Eva Astreinidou THE union representing more than 300 Oxfam staff is seeking reassurances its ‘blameless’ members are safe after the sexual misconduct allegations which have emerged over the last week.

Unite wants to know steps are being taken to restore the charity’s reputation following revelations some of its senior aid workers used prostitutes after the disaster relief operation in Haiti in 2010.

Since the original claims there have been fresh allegations of sexual misconduct.

The Oxford-based charity’s deputy chief executive Penny Lawrence has resigned over claims it concealed the findings of an inquiry into the use of the prostitutes.

Oxfordshire councillor Helen Evans, who worked as Oxfam’s Global Head of Safeguarding between 2012 and 2015, said she had tried to speak to the senior leadership team several times about the lack of safeguarding resources to prevent sexual misconduct.

Speaking to Channel 4 News, she said: “It was a continual fight to try and get more resources. I felt that our failure to adequately resource [our safeguarding teams] was putting people at risk.”

She said that one of the allegations involved an adult and child volunteer in the UK, adding: “That troubled me because I knew that Oxfam was not

conducting the criminal record checks that it needed to conduct.”

The charity has since said it has put in place further safeguarding measures as well as a ‘whistleblowing’ hotline.

This is in addition to an internal investigation in 2011 immediately after it became aware of the Haiti situation.

In an official statement last week, an Oxfam spokesperson said: “Our primary aim was always to root out and take action against those involved and we publicly announced, including to media, both the investigation and the action we took as a result.

“Four members of staff were dismissed as a result of the investigation and three, including the country director, resigned before the end of the investigation.”

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launched a statutory inquiry into Oxfam but no details have yet been released about the extent of this.

National officer for Unite, which represents staff at the headquarters and in Oxfam shops, Siobhan Endean said: “Oxfam staff are dedicated to delivering aid to some of the poorest people in the world and the vast majority are entirely innocent of any wrongdoing. It would be disastrous if recent events led people to stop donating to Oxfam and other charities.”

Oxfam is Britain’s fifth largest charity and receives £300million a year in government funds and public donations.

International development secretary Penny Mordaunt has threatened funding will be withdrawn unless the charity sorts the issue out properly.

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TWO further arrests have been made in connection with the death of a 16-year-old.

Harun Jama, from Birmingham, was found stabbed near a children’s playground in Friars Wharf, Oxford, on January 3.

Craig Ford, 33 of Luther Street, Oxford, has been charged with his murder while Alice Ashcroft, 25 also of Luther Street, has been charged with two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs in connection with the death.

They are due to appear for trial at Oxford Crown Court on June 11.

Police have since arrested a 45-yearold woman and a 36-year-old man, both from Oxford, on suspicion of assisting offenders.

The pair have been released under investigation.

A post-mortem examination found the teenager’s cause of death to be stab wounds to the abdomen, leg and chest.

Motorist killed

AN elderly man has died after his car came off a rural road near the village of Sunningwell, south of Oxford.

The 71-year-old died at the scene on Friday morning when his black VW Touran left an unclassified rural road linking Oxford Road and Sunningwell.

Police, paramedics, an air ambulance and the fi re service were all called to the incident which took place at around 10.30am.

Contact police on 101 if you have any information about the crash.

Knitters enjoy a good yarn at museum THE River & Rowing Museum at Henley is about to be yarn bombed with colourful creations as part of its latest exhibition.

From today, the museum is displaying the work of Thames Path Together community art project who are celebrating knitting by reflecting the Thames Path and Bridge.

Yarn bombing is a form of street art where public spaces are covered in knitting and crochet.

David Worthington, chair of the museum, said they were delighted to be displaying the colourful creations in the community gallery.

He added: “The work of this talented group is bursting with energy and colour, inspired by our beautiful river side location, and we hope that our visitors will enjoy spotting local landmarks within their display!”

The impressive display for the River & Rowing Museum Visitors to the museum tomorrow can take part in a free pom pom making session with the help of the yarn bombers.

Finished pom poms will then be hung on the museum’s yarn tree.

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POLICE are reminding people that knives can take lives in a campaign to help those wanting to surrender knives in their possession.

Thames Valley Police are targeting knife crime and those who carry knives in the latest

phase of Operation Spectre.

A red knife surrender bin has been placed in Abingdon Police Station for members of the public to safely dispose of knives that they wish to give in until this Sunday.

Make sure all knives are safely wrapped in tape and newspaper before putting in the bins.

If you have any information about the possession of knives or criminal activity relating to this type of crime, call 101.

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Six-and-a-half years for theft spree

By Samantha McGregor A PROLIFIC burglar has been jailed for six-and-a-half years’ after a crime spree in Bicester last summer.

Michael Sestanovich, 35 of Purslane Drive, Bicester, admitted a string of offences at Oxford Crown Court last month and was sentenced the same day.

Over a two-week period between July 24 and August 8, Sestanovich burgled homes, stole a car, was caught with stolen food and was found in possession of a knife and Class A drugs.

Sestanovich was caught by police and charged in connection with the offences on August 10.

PC Adam Taylor, of the Investigation Hub based at Witney police station,

said: “Burglary is a distressing crime for victims which can leave them feeling unsafe in their own homes.

“I am pleased for those who were a victim of Sestanovich who are now able to have a sense that justice has been done and he’ll have a significant amount of time in prison to reflect upon the impact of his actions.

“Thames Valley Police will continue to work to ensure every effort is made to bring offenders to court.”

Police said on July 24 Sestanovich burgled a home in Lyneham Road, Bicester, and was charged with attempted burglary of another after he was caught on CCTV cycling up to the front door in the same road and trying the door handle.

The same day he kicked the wing

mirror of a car parked in Lyneham Road.

About two weeks later, between August 7 and 8, he broke into and burgled two homes, one in Somerville Drive, in Bicester, and another in Nizewell Head, Steeple Aston.

He also stole a Volkswagen Tiguan from the property in Nizewell Head during the burglary.

Sestanovich also admitted two counts of receiving stolen goods and was also caught using stolen debit cards to buy goods in a supermarket using contactless payments.

On August 3 he was seen in possession of a knife in Benson Close, Bicester, and days later on August 8, was found in possession of a wrap of Class A drug heroin.

Wychwood based Windrush Valley School’s trampoline team and the Four Shires Swimming Club.

Chippy Swifts’ manager/coach Luke Newman received a gold medal as part of the Olympic Legacy Awards which honour people who help run sports clubs while David Brassett and Richard Ferley, who coach for Chipping Norton Cricket Club, were given silver medals.

Bronze went to Zoe Wakefield for her work to fundraise and promote Four Shires Swimming Club.

Organiser Graham Beacham said a “big thank you” to all those who helped stage the event. He advised people to ‘watch out for next year’.

The 10th Annual Town Sports Awards will be on February 8, 2019.

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Mill Street will be closed from Monday, March 12 for two weeks for resurfacing works.

The alternative route for traffic is via High Street, Welch Way, A4095 Tower Hill and vice versa.

The town council said the centre section of separate works on Curbridge Road will have reopened before Mill Street is closed.

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Jewellery stolen

BURGLARS removed a lock from a door and then stole jewellery, cash and a designer handbag.

The haul included two Chinese gold necklaces - one with a rabbit head pendant, cash in Sterling and Euros as well as a red Chanel handbag.

The house, in Barry Avenue, Bicester, was broken in to between 10.30am and 7.45pm on Saturday, February 3.

Anyone with information can call 101, quoting reference 43180036161.

Town honours sporting heroes SPORTSMEN and women across Chipping Norton have been honoured at the ninth annual sports awards.

A string of awards were presented to celebrate young people’s achievements and adults who help run the town’s sports clubs at a ceremony at the Town Hall on Friday.

This year’s winners included cricketer Jake Brown, who won the under-11 sportsperson award, and gymnast Kitty Hitchens, who picked up the 11 to 17-year-old sportsperson trophy.

Toby Robottom, who plays rugby union, received the over-18 sportsperson award.

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Looking forward to a ‘new home’ BROWNIES and girl guides looked on in astonishment as demolition work started on their club headquarters.

Girlguiding Kidlington have used the same building located in an alleyway between Green Road and Oxford Road in Kidlington since 1973.

Now, after years of fundraising to rebuild the venue, bulldozers have moved in.

Sarah Eyles, brownie leader at Girlguiding Kidlington, said: “We want to be able to offer our girls an inspirational and safe space that will allow each one of them to grow in confidence and become the very best version of themselves.”

The building acts as ‘home’ to around 250 girls, young women and leaders, who meet on a weekly basis.

Over time, the wooden doors and windows at the facility have begun rotting and the asbestos cement roofi ng panels have been sagging under their accumulation of 35 years worth of moss. In 2004, squirrels also got into the roof, further damaging the building.

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A BICESTER teenager who has been missing since the start of the year has been located after an extensive month long search.

Police had been searching for Linda Finau, 16, from Ambrosden, since she went missing on January 5.

Thames Valley Police said she had been found “safe and well” on Tuesday last week.

Burglary appeal

THIEVES broke in to a house in Buckingham Road, Bicester through an insecure back door and stole an old-style Apple TV Box. Police are appealing for witnesses after the incident on January 28, between 9am and 10.20pm.

Anyone with information can call 101, quoting reference 43180029084 and ask to speak to investigating officer T8124 Claire Rennie.

The group took it upon themselves to deal with it and have spent hours planning and raising £100,000 over the last 10 years to help fund the project.

Cherwell District Council has also

loaned the club £100,000 to help reach its goal.

Plans for the building include replacing the single-storey building with a new centre featuring a balcony-

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Slow down plea

MINSTER Lovell Parish Council has urged motorists to drive carefully in the village after several residents complained about the speed of vehicles travelling in and out of Ripley Avenue.

The council said speed was a particular problem on the road by the play park. Residents are also concerned about pavement access for wheelchairs and pushchairs due to vehicles parking on paths in Wenrisc Drive.

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By George Welch A TRANSPORT group has challenged West Oxfordshire District Council to ‘put people before cars’ by fi nding a way to expand bus routes to villages without a service.

Bus Users Oxford laid down the gauntlet as the council-supported West Oxfordshire Community Transport group launched its fourth route – the 210 – expanding to five more villages, on Monday.

Stagecoach previously operated bus services in the area until Oxfordshire County Council stopped subsiding them. The service is now run by a team of volunteers.

Hugh Jaeger, chair of Bus Users Oxford, said it does not have to be the county council that provides bus services and has tasked WODC with introducing car parking charges and increasing the council tax to fund more routes.

He said: “Witney Town

Council has rightly shown crossparty support and helped to found WOCT. But how has West Oxfordshire District Council helped buses since July 2016?

“Even after WOCT launches route 210, west Oxfordshire will still have substantial villages with no bus service.

“Stanton Harcourt has 950 residents but has had no proper bus service since 2016. A proper Eynsham – Stanton Harcourt – South Leigh – Witney bus, just a few times a day would be enough for villagers to get to work, study, medical appointments and shops.”

Mr Jaeger accused the authority of spending council tax on subsidising cars and congestion rather than end the isolation of rural residents.

He added: “Bus Users Oxford challenges WODC to put people before cars. Find a way to put villages such as Stanton Harcourt back on the bus network. It won’t break the bank.”

WOCT founding director and current chair Laura Price said

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The county and town Labour councillor added that any investment would need to be ‘significant’ meaning the county council should take more of a responsibility.

WODC leader James Mills dismissed the idea of car parking charges, saying that free parking “has been vital to the success of our local economy”.

He added: “Although we support sustainable transport, such as the development of the Hanborough rail station, the reality is that West Oxfordshire is one of the most rural districts in the South East.”

WOTC was founded last year to save Witney town routes 213, 214 and 215.

The six-day-a-week 210 route which launched on Monday shuttles between Witney and Chipping Norton via Crawley, Leafield, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Shipton-under-Wychwood and Milton-under-Wychwood.

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Neighbours’ actions prompt warning TWO people risked their lives by searching a burning building to rescue their neighbours.

The pair had to be treated by fi refighters and paramedics after a home in the small west Oxfordshire village of Clanfield went up in flames shortly after 2.30pm on Wednesday last week.

No one else was injured as the occupants of the Wicks Close home were away.

The worried duo made the daring dash to rescue their neighbours because they thought

they were trapped inside.

The fi re service issued a strong warning after the blaze, as investigations continue into the cause.

Watch manager Chris Hollis said: “Fortunately nobody was inside the property, which was fitted with working smoke alarms meaning the occupiers should have been able to escape if they had been home when the fi re started.

“Efforts were made by neighbours to enter the property

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“While these actions were undoubtedly brave, I must emphasise the extreme risk involved.”

He added: “In the event of a fi re we would always advise everyone to get out, stay out and call 999 for the fi re and rescue service.”

It took two fi refighters using a thermal imaging camera to search the home and extinguish the fi re.

Museum expansion would aid canalside

By Samantha McGregor PLANS to extend the current Banbury Museum have been recommended for approval by council officers.

The museum wants to expand the building to include extra gallery space, a café, a lecture area, as well as offices, toilets and storage facilities.

The current site was built in 2002 and includes a basement which fronts onto Banbury Canal.

The extension would involve building over the current ramp/ loading area at the rear and adding a storey to the permanent exhibition gallery.

At the moment the museum has 1,322 sqm of internal space – the extension will add 2,815 sqm to the inside of the building.

Oxfordshire County Council has

raised concerns that the proposal does not include any on-site parking or cycle spaces and without a loading bay, deliveries will “cause an obstruction on a bend, creating a safety hazard” in Spiceball Park Road.

It wants the plans to be held until the road is realigned as part of the canalside development.

Cherwell District Council officers said there was enough nearby public car parking in the town centre to adequately cater for the museum, while large deliveries were “rare” – currently only about four a year.

The council’s design and conservation officer said: “The proposed extension is located to the rear of the existing museum and will not therefore impact on the setting of the canal.

“It is anticipated that an enhanced offer at the museum

could help to enliven the canalside and active consideration should be given to this in any detailed application.”

Although the officer said the additional storey would impact on the canal setting and the design should be “carefully considered”.

Banbury Town Council supports the application and the town’s civic society welcomed the move saying it was a “long-awaited ambition for the museum and town alike”.

Last month Cherwell council signed a deal to buy Castle Quay shopping centre and plans to press ahead with the Castle Quay 2 development on land next to the shopping centre, which includes building a multi-screen cinema, supermarket, restaurants and hotel.

Cherwell planning committee is due to decide the application for the museum tonight.

Swimathon to make a splash for area’s charities THE sixth Thame Swimathon, organised by the Rotary Club of Thame, will take place on Sunday, February 25.

A total of 20 teams have signed up for the event at Thame Leisure Centre from 11am to 3pm.

Teams including Thame

Swimming Club, Barley Hill School and John Hampden School, will be fundraising for a range of charities and causes including Thame Rotary’s main local charity for 2017-18, SeeSaw, which provides grief support for children across Oxfordshire, including support

for schools after a death in their community.

Volunteers from Thame and District Lions Club, Thame Inner Wheel and Wheatley Park Interact Club will be supporting Thame Rotarians with the counting of lengths swum by teams.

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Wii! It’s winter sports fun AN Oxfordshire charity is gearing up for a winter sports gaming marathon to rival the Olympics.

Video gamers will take on the challenge on Saturday next week to raise money for SpecialEffect.

The Rotaract Club of Oxford is inviting teams of up to four to participate in a series of winter sports on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games on the Nintendo Wii games console.

Natasha Yelland, Rotaract Club of Oxford’s President, said: “With the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang closing on the same weekend, we thought it would be a great idea to celebrate with a little winter sport action of our own to raise money for

a fantastic charity.�

The event has been organised as part of GameBlast18, the UK’s largest marathon weekend, backed by big names in the games industry and aims to raise £100,000.

Tom Donegan, event co-ordinator at SpecialEffect, said GameBlast will “level the playing field for people with disabilities� and sponsorship raised would “change the lives of many�.

Teams can register online to take part at the Northcourt Centre in Abingdon at http://oxfordrotaract. co.uk/gameblast18.

The charity supports people with disabilities by providing them with specialised games consoles and video games.

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Budget rise to protect vulnerable

By Owen Hughes COUNCILLORS in Oxfordshire will each be given a £15,000 budget to spend how they see fit following Tuesday’s county council cabinet meeting.

Each of the 63 county councillors were given their own Councillor Priority Fund for projects in their area.

It was also revealed at the meeting that council tax will rise by an additional one per cent to deal with

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A WALLINGFORD bus driver who knocked a pedestrian over when he lost control of his double-decker has been handed a suspended jail sentence and a 24-month driving ban.

Cheikh Daouda Senghor, 41 of St Johns Road, admitted dangerous driving on June 24 last year.

Simon Smith miraculously managed to get up and walk into the Purple Turtle bar in Reading after being struck by the bus on Gun Street.

CCTV footage of Mr Smith being knocked over, picking himself up and going into the bar went viral.

Senghor was jailed for eight months, suspended for a year, at a Reading Crown Court appearance last week.

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Vulnerable people hit by cuts to day centres

By Owen Hughes FURTHER cuts to a day care facility could threaten the welfare of vulnerable people in north Oxfordshire, a councillor for the area has warned.

Banbury Cross and Neithrop councillor Surinder Dhesi said she is “seriously concerned” for the safety of her constituents should Oxfordshire County Council place any more strain on the Redlands Daytime Support centre.

The council opened an eight-week public consultation at the end of January seeking views on proposals to alter the way it charges for adult social care.

Cllr Dhesi said: “The likelihood of a positive outcome of this review is minimal because the county council is having to make further cuts in expenditure demanded by the Conservative government.”

The consultation summary document claims the council spends more than £300million a year supporting vulnerable adults but it could achieve savings “in the region of £1.5m” if service users could partially cover costs themselves.

Councillor Surinder Dhesi fears for the safety of vulnerable people in north Oxfordshire if further cuts are made to services Proposals include the introduction of a more standardised disability related expenditure assessment, a £210 annual arrangement fee for the ongoing provision of care, and removal of services the council is not obliged to provide to “people with no eligible needs”.

Cllr Dhesi added: “To save money last year, the county council closed

Stanbridge Wellbeing Centre and offered people places in Redlands, which catered for people with disabilities.

“The result – a much changed and unsatisfactory experience for previous users of the Stanbridge centre, including the lack of catering facilities which meant many users are deprived of their only hot meal of the day.

“Moving these two groups of vulnerable people into the same building at Redlands was a mistake motivated by cost cutting, not their welfare.

“I am seriously concerned for my constituents and everyone else who relied on these day-care centres, which provided safe, warm and loving environments with much needed social interaction and mental stimulation.”

The council consultation documents state “no one would be left with less than the minimum level of income stipulated in the Care Act 2014 to live on”.

The full consultation can be viewed on the council’s website: https:// consultations.oxfordshire.gov.uk/ consult.ti/contributions/consultationhome

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Gravitee Golf will crash land into the fi rst floor of the Ozone Leisure Complex in Blackbird Leys, next to the Kassam Stadium, from Saturday.

The fi nal touches to the £750,000 space project are being applied, with two 18-hole courses set to take astronauts on an out-of-this-world journey.

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and space hasn’t yet been done, so we thought we could really do well from this.”

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A FRAUDSTER who conned her way into a council house has been thrown out after admitting she already owned a three-bedroom home.

Gillian Norris lived in social housing in Great Milton, eastern Oxfordshire, for more than four years, having fraudulently applied via the housing register.

The 46-year-old has been fined £1,530 after councils discovered she already owned a home in Holyhead, Wales, at the time of applying. Had she disclosed this she would not have been eligible for council housing.

Representatives from South Oxfordshire District Council and Oxford City Council accused Norris of ‘depriving a family in genuine need of a house’, stressing social housing fraud is not a ‘victimless crime’.

Norris, of Green Hitchings in Great Milton, pleaded guilty at Oxford Magistrates’ Court last month to knowingly or recklessly making a false statement in connection to the allocation of housing.

It is the first time someone has been convicted for housing fraud in south Oxfordshire.

Magistrates heard she had been living in the three-bedroom SOHA

Housing home, and had been renting out her other home to a family member.

She was caught following an anonymous tip-off.

Following her guilty plea on January 30, Norris was fined £250 and ordered to pay £1,250 and a £30 victim surcharge.

Jane Murphy, deputy leader of the district council, said: “Social housing is there to provide a vital resource for those who are in genuine need and do not have the money available to rent a home privately.

“We have a significant housing shortage, not just in south Oxfordshire but across the country, with people really struggling to find appropriate accommodation.

“By making and maintaining this fraudulent claim this lady has effectively deprived a family in genuine need of a house.”

Ed Turner, deputy leader of the city council, added: “Social housing fraud is not a victimless crime, as it means people in housing need spend longer on housing waiting lists and in temporary accommodation.

“We hope it sends a clear signal that housing fraudsters will not be tolerated in Oxfordshire.”

The councils are now working towards making the property available again on the housing register.

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Thieves force driver to hand over van keys A VAN driver was unharmed after thieves threatened him while demanding he handed over the keys.

The 31-year-old victim was loading the van in the quiet Oxford side street of Blackburn Close in Headington when he noticed two people in a black Vauxhall Corsa drive past before turning around and parking nearby.

Police said a man got out of the Corsa and threatened the victim before demanding the van keys at about 4.15pm on Friday last week.

He handed over the keys and the robber drove off in the van heading down London Road and Lime Walk, followed by the Corsa.

The victim was not injured and the carjackers have been described as Asian men aged between 20 and 30.

Police said the offender who demanded the keys is about 5ft 7ins tall with a slim build. He was wearing a black jacket and a black woollen hat.

The other had a large build and was also wearing a black woollen hat.

The stolen van is a silver Vauxhall Vivaro and the Corsa is black with tinted windows.

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All in a day’s work for the fire service FIREFIGHTERS often have to rescue creatures great and small as part of their job and last week that ranged from snakes to a horse.

Crews from Banbury and Hook Norton used thermal imaging cameras to track down scores of snakes that had escaped from their housing during a blaze.

The fi re at the four-storey property in Middleton Road, Banbury, which started in the basement, was “rapidly spreading” to the ground floor.

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out the fi re and used a specialist fan to remove the smoke that they discovered the snakes had escaped.

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Fire Service determined the cause was an electrical fault.

Police also attended the incident and closed the road and supported residents.

Firefighters from four stations across the county were called to help a horse found roaming in a swimming pool in Didcot on Saturday, pictured right.

Crews had to drain the pool to free the equine, called Mackie, before a vet then helped to free the horse in the safest way.

Joined-up service would help patients

By George Welch THE absence of effective teamwork in the health and social care system is holding back improvements to Oxfordshire’s patient care, according to a new report by the health watchdog.

A review by the Care Quality Commission revealed that, although staff are dedicated, there was a lack of joined-up thinking between the five organisations responsible for providing care across the county.

According to the CQC, the lack of collaboration has led to a ‘fragmented system’ where there was duplication of effort and, at times, a reactive attitude to meeting standards.

The report, published on Monday,

did however praise a “highly dedicated” workforce that ‘goes the extra mile’ and acknowledged an “increased ambition” among health leaders.

The review, carried out by three reviewers, an analyst and five specialist advisors, said: “In Oxfordshire we found that there was a lack of whole system strategic planning and commissioning with little collaboration between system partners.

“Although there was increased ambition to work together, system leaders continued to face significant challenges in coming together to formalise their ambitions through a joint strategic approach.”

Inspectors visited services provided

by Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust in November and December last year.

CQC assessors found the problems of recruiting care staff in Oxfordshire, which has a very high cost of living, were holding back improvement, as were incompatible computer systems across different organisations.

North Oxfordshire MP Victoria Prentis, who has long battled closures at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury, said the report was the “reality check the system needed”.

However, the inspectors found that

Oxfordshire had made progress in tackling ‘delayed transfers of care’, where people are unable to leave hospital when they are medically fit to do so.

The county also achieves a good or outstanding CQC rating across all areas of health and social care, which is above the national average.

The CQC highlighted three key areas of improvements.

Recommendations include making services more local, improving information available to people who fund their own care and investing more in recruitment and retention of care staff.

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A MAN was left with facial and dental injuries after being glassed in a Cowley bar during the early hours of the morning last month.

The 21-year-old victim was sat with friends in a booth at The Baron bar on Cowley Road, Oxford, at around 1.10am on January 30 when the offender approached the group and sat up against him.

He became aggressive when he was asked to move, smashing a glass on the floor before throwing a pint glass at the victim’s face.

He then head-butted another man in the group leaving him with minor injuries before exiting the bar.

Police have now released a CCTV image of a man, above, who could have ‘vital’ information relating to the attack.

Investigating officer PC Dave Black urged anyone with information to contact them as soon as possible.

“I would like to speak to the man in this image as I believe he could have vital information about this incident.”

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Bags packed to help homeless

By Owen Hughes AN Oxford woman is donating backpacks full of essentials to tackle the city’s homeless crisis.

Rachel Barrett, 21, of Kidlington, organised the Give Back with a Pack GoFundMe campaign to provide backpacks fi lled with vital supplies for rough sleepers and has already received £50 towards her £250 goal.

Rachel, who works part time as a receptionist, said: “I have some time to spare in the afternoons and thought why not use it do things to try and help people?

“I saw a post on Facebook of a young boy who was giving backpacks full of essential items and food to the homeless community in his area, and thought it would be a really good idea to bring to our city.

“I have ordered three backpacks and will soon be fi lling them with items to give away to the homeless community in Oxford city centre.”

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such as a granola bar, a bag of nuts and dried fruit, instant noodles and porridge, crisps, cookies, bottles of water and disposable cutlery.

The fundraiser follows Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision not to back Oxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moran’s campaign to scrap the “Dickensian” Vagrancy Act 1824.

Ms Moran, who presented the repeal to the House of Commons on Wednesday last week, said: “I am disappointed that the Prime Minister won’t back my campaign to change the law to end the criminalisation of rough sleepers. I’ll be keeping up the pressure on the government and will continue the fight.”

Oxford City Council provided emergency shelters for rough sleepers earlier this week due to below-zero overnight temperatures.

Rachel has also signed up to The Good Neighbour Scheme to support vulnerable elderly people.

She added: “I think we need to take more care of our vulnerable people and help in any small way we can.

“It only takes one person to make a big difference to someone’s life.”

Donations can be made at www. gofundme.com/givebackapack

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PUPILS were given a vocal masterclass by opera star Simon Keenlyside when he visited an Oxfordshire school.

Pupils at Kingham Hill School’s music department were put through their paces singing a variety of operatic arias.

Each singer then had the opportunity to speak with Mr Keenlyside and get expert advice on vocal technique and feedback on their performances.

Mark Glanville, peripatetic vocal teacher at the Chipping Norton school, said: “Simon is one of the outstanding classical singers of his generation, acclaimed equally

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“It was a privilege to have Simon give a masterclass at Kingham Hill.”

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AN Oxford graduate has failed in his bid to sue the university for £1million after missing out on a top degree.

Faiz Siddiqui, 39, of Bayswater, west London, said “inadequate teaching” at Brasenose College resulted in a low mark in his fi nal year history paper nearly 20 years ago.

He alleged that his failure to achieve a fi rst – he graduated with a 2:1 in 2000 – cost him entry into a top US law college and a lucrative career as a top international commercial lawyer, causing him to suffer from severe depression.

But High Court judge Justice Foskett dismissed the claim on Wednesday last week and said he was not convinced the teaching was “negligently inadequate”.

Mr Foskett accepted Mr Siddiqui had suffered from severe depression but said it could not be attributed to his degree result as there was no evidence he was depressed or suffering insomnia at the time of the exams.

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Inquest finds flats explosion ‘likely to be accidental’ but neighbours demand answers

Petrol stored in flat was used to ‘clean car parts’

By Eva Astreinidou AN explosion caused by a man who stored litres of fuel in his West Oxford flat is most likely to have been accidental.

A day-long inquest into the death of Guide Schuette who died in the blast at the flats in Gibbs Crescent on Valentine’s Day last year, heard he stored petrol in the flat to clean car parts with.

Coroner Darren Salter said: “The cause of the explosion was likely to have been caused from the ignition of petrol vapour while he sat in the flat, from a naked flame of smoking or a spark from a homemade electrical device. “[It is clear] he used to test car components kept within the flat.”

In the days leading up to the explosion, which destroyed three flats at Gibbs Crescent, Mr Schuette was heard screaming about his ‘master’ and threatening to burn the flat down.

In statements read by a mental health team, who assessed him at the scene on February 10, Mr Schuette said: “Yes I did say it, but doesn’t mean I would do it. I have never set anything

The explosion at the flats in Gibbs Crescent last year Picture: Alexander Hammonds on fi re.”

Mr Salter told Oxford Coroners Court: “What concerns me is that he was heard saying he was going to burn the flat down days before and it can’t be potentially ruled out that it was caused deliberately.

“Although as I say I think it is less likely.”

The court heard from members of the mental health assessment team, who said that after the incident, Mr Schuette was put on a ‘step-up’ mental health programme.

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DISAPPOINTED residents living in the block of flats say more could have been done to prevent the explosion.

The blast, which was caused by the ignition of large quantities of fuel stored in Guido Schuette’s flat were said to ‘most likely’ have been an accident.

The court heard the housing provider A2Dominion had previously asked Mr Schuette, pictured, to remove fuel it was aware he had stored in a communal area of the building – but had not visited his flat.

The court also heard how Mr Schuette had long on-going disputes with one of his neighbours and was reported to have been racially abusive.

Annie May who lived in the flat above, said after the inquest that she had been threatened by Mr Schuette and that she feared for her safety. She added she had made several requests to A2Dominion to be moved.

Several complaints had been filed against him to A2 Dominion, which owns the block of flats at Gibbs Crescent.

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After the inquest, she said:“Our focus now is on continuing to support the residents of Gibbs Crescent and moving forward with our plans to restore and improve the estate.”

Cllr Susanna Pressel, who was at the inquest, said: “I feel that the mental health service, the police and the housing association should all have done much more to support Mr Schuette in the years before the explosion.

“He racially abused his neighbour, Annie May, for 14 years and they allowed this to continue, even when she said that her life was in danger. She begged A2Dominion, the housing association, to move either her or him away, but they didn’t. It was only by a lucky chance that she didn’t die with him.”

A2 Dominion says it has begun work to redevelop the flats and has been consulting with residents on its plans.

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A NEW type of office aimed at supporting entrepreneurs, small businesses and self-employed people has opened its doors in Bicester.

Called Perch, the site offers “metropolitan style” co-working space for up to 67 people and has opened in a former retail unit in Franklins House, in Pioneer Square.

The project has been led by Cherwell District Council and is the fi rst of two co-working spaces the council is opening in the town.

Perch, which is fully owned by the council but run by an external

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Cllr Lynn Pratt, pictured, Cherwell’s lead member for estates and the economy said: “We saw this project as an opportunity to collaborate with local tradespeople, not only to provide work during the construction of the space, but to then provide residents with a space to work from in the long term.

“We have invested in Bicester as its continued growth brings more

people to the area and as a result a higher demand for flexible work space.

“We are delighted that Bicester Vision also chose to invest in this project, and are providing sponsored desk space for Bicester businesses.”

Perch offers hot desks, access to meeting rooms and refreshment facilities for a membership fee.

There will also be a number of networking opportunities each month.

Residents of Bicester who own

Council planning officers.

Architects Dexter Moren Associates has designed the extension to the site to the east of Woodstock Road and the A34.

Director Mark Wood said: “Small is beautiful. Clients are increasingly approaching us to develop and enhance parts of their existing hotel portfolio. This extension will provide high quality facilities within a contemporary extension that sits harmoniously within its setting.”

DMA said soft yellow brick and lighter stonework would be used alongside large windows to make it more attractive.

There is also a three-storey Travelodge hotel at Peartree Interchange Services, to the south of Holiday Inn.

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a company may also be eligible for a sponsored membership via Bicester Vision.

Co-working offices are designed for people who work from home, are selfemployed, or who have started small businesses, to work together, exchange ideas and build a community.

The office space was designed in conjunction with local businesses and craftspeople.

Separately, the council is also funding and building an eco business centre at the north west Bicester eco town site.

For more information go to perchcoworking.co.uk

Holiday Inn to expand PLANS for a 64-room expansion at a north Oxford hotel have been approved.

Holiday Inn on the Peartree Roundabout will be redeveloped with the existing wing of the hotel which contains the fitness suite being demolished to make way for a four-storey extension.

The work will increase the number of rooms from 154 to 218 and a small gym and meeting rooms will also be built.

The expansion will offer employment for 10 more employees, bringing the total to 40.

Objectors complained about the excessive height of the proposed development, insufficient parking and a loss of leisure facilities. These were dismissed by Oxford City

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CHERWELL District Council has started charging developers £25 to name a new street and number new homes.

Previously the council swallowed the charge. Cllr Colin Clarke, Cherwell’s lead member for planning, said: “Of the five planning authorities in Oxfordshire, Cherwell is the only council that doesn’t already apply this charge so it will be no great shock to developers.”

Since February 2013, 316 new streets have been created in Cherwell district, a cost of £7,900 to the council.

Legally the council cannot make a profit from the service but it must ensure the council’s costs are met.

Kebab awards

FOR the second year running, Thame’s Atalay Kebab Van has been shortlisted in the Kebab Van of the Year category at the sixth British Kebab Awards.

Townspeople are being urged to vote to help the business retain its crown as the best Kebab Van in Britain.

For more information or to vote go to voting.britishkebabawards. co.uk

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LONG service and exceptional performance was honoured as bus drivers picked up accolades at the inaugural and fantastically named The Really Amazing Awards.

The Oxford Bus Company celebrated the achievements of its staff in a ceremony, which also recognised sister companies Thames Travel and Carousel, at the Ashmolean Sculpture Gallery on Thursday last week.

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Have your say on healthcare WANT to have a say in how healthcare is delivered in your area?

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is holding a series of roadshow events to engage with patients, carers, colleagues and members of the public to help mould the future of healthcare provision.

People interested in joining the trust can become a member of the council of governors and represent the views of the public in their area.

Community involvement manager at the trust, Julie Pink said: “By voting for a governor, or volunteering to stand as a governor themselves, individuals are

able to shape the future of our trust and have their voices heard on important local healthcare topics.”

Membership registration is free and can be done online or at one of the roadshow events.

Upcoming events will be hosted at: Abingdon Community Hospital on Tuesday from midday to 3pm; Wallingford Community Hospital on March 1 from 9am to 12pm; Townlands Community Hospital, Henley, from 1pm to 4pm; Bicester Community Hospital on March 5 from 10am to 1pm and Witney Community Hospital on March 26 between 9am and midday.

Body cameras to prevent abuse RECYCLING centre staff in Oxfordshire will be given body worn cameras to better protect them from abusive users.

Employees at seven household waste recycling centres in the county will adopt the wearable kit similar to that worn by the police, parking enforcement and trading standards.

Oxfordshire County Council said the cameras have encouraged positive interaction with the public and hopes the devices will discourage intimidating or abusive situations from escalating, capturing evidence if it does.

The cameras will be worn as part of standard work uniform but will not record all the time.

Members of staff will need to inform

the person when they intend to turn the cameras on.

More than 1.25million people visited the sites last year with around 20 escalated reports of physical and verbal abuse by a member of the public on recycling centre staff.

County councillor Yvonne Constance, cabinet member for environment, said: “The safety of our staff and customers is our number one priority and using this technology will only be an enhancement.

“Knowing that you could be fi lmed could for many people be enough to make them think twice before they act.”

Redbridge Waste Recycling Centre in Oxford will be the fi rst to adopt the recording gear.

Charity of the year 2018 – Helen & Douglas House

Reality TV star’s big gift to boost funding

By George Welch BIG Brother star Craig Phillips is not one to shy away from grand gestures, as the series one winner becomes the latest to throw his support behind under-pressure Helen & Douglas House.

The property developer gave away all his prize money when he was crowned winner of the reality TV show in 2000 – and 18 years on he is still proving to be an exceptionally good guy.

Craig said ‘I do’ to girlfriend Laura Sherriff as the couple tied the knot in front of 200 guests at Cheshire’s Peckforton Castle on Friday with the newly-weds thinking of others on their big day too.

The couple asked that instead of gifts, guests donate cash to Helen & Douglas House, our charity of the year, which cares for terminally ill children and young people.

The 46-year-old said it was Laura’s brother Daniel who was diagnosed with a brain tumour just after he was born, who inspired them.

He said: “He battled with the disease for three years and towards the end of his short life, he was in a lot of pain but there was nothing more the doctors could do for him.

“This is when Laura’s mum remembered hearing about Helen & Douglas House.

“Offering Daniel a place to get the care he deserved, within 10 minutes of his arrival the hospice had done what the local doctors couldn’t, they gave Daniel a place to fi nd comfort and gave Laura’s family the chance to make the most of the time they had left with their son.”

The couple, who jetted off for a skiing honeymoon to Colorado, will also auction Laura’s wedding dress to raise even more funds.

Kay Honner, from Helen & Douglas House, said it was “wonderful” to meet Craig and Laura on their visit to the hospice earlier this month.

She added: “It is so very kind of them to ask for donations to Helen & Douglas House rather than receive wedding gifts.

“The money they raise will make a huge difference to the lives of local terminally ill children and their families at Helen House.”

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Last month Helen & Douglas House reluctantly announced it would close Douglas House in Magdalen Road in August, warning the entire hospice would be forced to close in two years if it did not take drastic action to slash expenditure.

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Put on your dancin’ shoes and join in A FUSION of dance styles will be showcased across the city as Oxford’s annual spring dance festival promises to be ‘as inclusive and adventurous as ever’.

The Dancin’ Oxford extravaganza will return to the city streets between March 2 and 11, bringing an energetic mix of contemporary choreography.

Now in its 12th year, the 10-day festival has vowed to deliver a jampacked programme, including a 24-hour danceathon, workshops for children and families and a football-

inspired hip hop performance.

The city council’s dance officer Claire Thompson described the billing as a “treat” that “should suit all tastes”.

She said: “Each festival has its strengths and this spring one is no different.

“For our annual free event in the city centre we are upending the dance floor for a series of aerial performances danced to a driving musical score. What a treat.”

There will be a record number of professional companies involved,

lots of taster sessions plus, for the first time, aerial performances on the Westgate Shopping Centre façade.

The festival will launch with Gecko’s The Wedding at the Oxford Playhouse, described as a thought-provoking play about ‘forced marriage’ and social contracts.

For full programme details and ticket information visit dancinoxford.co.uk.

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Joining a larger trust will help to improve schools

By George Welch THE multi-academy trust that runs three primary schools in Blackbird and Greater Leys will join a larger schools group.

Blackbird Academy Trust (BAT) schools, which oversees more than 1,000 pupils at Orchard Meadow School, Pegasus School and Windale Community School, will transition to United Learning by the end of the academic year.

Trustees and the three headteachers of the trio of schools agreed that working with a bigger trust would improve the quality of the schools in the long term.

Chris Jones, chairman of BAT, said: “It is our responsibility to secure high performance over the long term and we concluded some time ago that this could best be achieved under a bigger parent trust with deeper resources.

“After very thorough review we are delighted to have reached agreement with United Learning to merge BAT schools with them.

“United Learning has the track record, the resources and the values

which we believe will greatly benefit the pupils, staff and parents of Orchard Meadow, Windale and Pegasus.”

United Learning already runs schools in Banbury, including North Oxfordshire Academy and Hanwell Fields Community School, as well as other academies and independent schools across the country.

Its chief executive, Jon Coles, said the partnership would speed up improvements at the Oxford schools.

In the latest Ofsted reports, Orchard Meadow and Windale are deemed as requiring improvement while Pegasus was considered as good by inspectors.

Mr Coles said: “There is a great deal to admire about the three schools and we know how popular they are with local families.

“There are, of course, also areas for further improvement that the schools are ambitious to achieve.

“By being part of our group, they will be able to retain everything that is currently successful while accessing the sharing of expertise, best practice and operational management that our schools benefit from and that will help them drive up improvement at pace.”

Mike really is magic!

Champion Magic Mike jumps for joy with owner Sara Robertson at the Manchester Championship Dog Show. Picture: Anna Szabó TOP dog Magic Mike was jumping for joy after storming to success at one of the UK’s largest dog shows.

The 18-month-old Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen beat 9,381 other dogs to claim the title at the prestigious Manchester Championship Dog Show in Stafford last month.

Magic Mike was led to victory in the Best in Show category by owner Sara Robertson from Wallingford.

“It was such an amazing feeling of joy and pride when Mike was chosen as the Best in Show winner,” she said.

“You picture it happening but never think it will be your own dog which gets

selected. Mike is such a sweet boy.”

Success runs in the family too – Sara’s husband Gavin handled Mike’s mother Jilly to the Best in Show title at Crufts in 2013.

The rough-coated Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen was originally bred to trail hare in the bramble-filled terrain of the Vendée district of western France. They are known to be active, happy, independent and willing to please.

Mum-of-two Sara added: “PBGVs are a breed which enjoys life regardless of what sort of day you may be having yourself – they always make you smile.”

Williams helps to engineer future careers GROVE-BASED Formula One team Williams is hoping to “kick start a skills revolution” by encouraging young people to pursue a career in the industry.

Williams is backing the Government’s Year of Engineering 2018 campaign to raise the industry’s profi le among seven to 16 year olds as a viable career option.

The campaign promotes STEM subjects among young people to improve mathematics and science skills.

Williams has previously offered initiatives such as the Williams Engineering Academy, Autosport Williams Engineer of the Future award, and internships and apprenticeships to give students a head start in a career in Formula One. Human resources director, Nicola Salter, said: “For 40 years, Williams has been at the forefront of engineering innovation.

“Many of the sport’s legendary engineering figures began their career at Williams so we know the importance of nurturing and developing engineering talent.

“To inspire, encourage and attract a new generation of engineering stars, we a delighted to be supporting the Year of Engineering, which we believe could kick start a skills revolution.”

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Go back to the 80s for hospice

By George Welch BUILDING work on a new state-of-theart clinic will begin this spring as the county’s largest hospice launches a campaign to fund its fi rst room.

The expansion of Sobell House, based at the Churchill Hospital, will allow more people facing the end of their life to have access to specialist palliative care when they need it.

Building one room in the new clinic will cost £50,000 and the hospice is hoping this year’s Moonlight Stroll event – its 12th annual fundraiser – will be one of its biggest to date.

Hundreds of night time walkers are being encouraged to don big hair, loud clothing and even dig out their old Walkman as this year’s theme goes all 1980s.

The stroll might not be until June 23 but, officially launched last month, the appeal has already received the

backing of 80s icon Tony Hadley.

The former Spandau Ballet frontman has encouraged everyone to get their funky 80s attire on and enjoy the nine-mile walk.

He said: “Back in the New Romantic period we wanted to be different, we used to enjoy surprising and shocking people with what we wore.

“We wanted to make a statement and get people to look at us. That’s my challenge to all you 80s fans out there – get your New Romantic gear out and join the walk.”

The 57-year-old added: “The wonderful work that Sobell House Hospice does makes a true and significant difference to the lives of families affected by life-limiting and terminal illness.

“The team creates some wonderful and lasting memories for the families who need this vital hospice care service.”

Tolerance for FGM by meeting children and handing out a new toolkit to primary school teachers.

The toolkit supports teachers in talking about FGM and body rights with children to help end female circumcision.

Fatou Ceesay, community outreach director for Oxford Against Cutting, said: “FGM is a harmful practice that

at least 3.6million girls are at risk of experiencing in the next 12 months globally.

“OAC will support teachers to encourage children to talk to teachers, school nurses, or anyone they feel safe with at school, if they are worried about FGM or any type of bodily or sexual harm.”

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Donate furniture

RESIDENTS are being urged to donate their old furniture to help others in a new initiative.

Sanctuary Housing and Cherwell District Council have helped fund the Faithworks Furniture Project, which collects and restores furniture and white goods that are no longer wanted and redistributes them to those in need.

The project, run by volunteers from Banbury Community Church, has already helped almost 650 families in the Banbury area, with items such as washing machines, armchairs, sofas and dining tables.

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Kevin Game, a fundraiser at Sobell House, has organised all 12 Moonlight Stroll events.

He said there are 1,000 places available and that this year’s target is a whopping £100,000.

Sobell House is in the third year of a four-year plan to invest £9million to increase its service, £5million of which has already been raised.

Overall, the multi-million pound investment is funding an expansion of hospice care throughout the county in Oxfordshire’s four main hospitals.

The additional £4million is sought through community fundraising, corporate support and its charity shops.

For more information about the Moonlight Stroll event register at www.sobellhouse.org.

Sobell House said more information about its expansion will be revealed in due course.

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Charity working with teachers to raise awareness of mutilation AN Oxford charity against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) met young people last week to raise awareness of the dangers posed to children.

Oxford Against Cutting is a charity working to help prevent FGM of girls and women living in Oxfordshire and the South East.

The charity marked the United Nation’s International Day of Zero

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Councillor Tom Hayes said the council takes a “zero-tolerance approach to FGM” and the grants “renew our commitment to ending it”.

Call the NSPCC on 0800 028 3550 or email fgmhelp@nspcc.org.uk if you or someone you know may be at risk of FGM.

THE £40m redevelopment of Grove Business Park continued last week after 10 units were approved.

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The latest buildings to be approved total 36,000 sq ft and range from 1,900 sq ft to 6,700 sq ft.

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Music greats star at Henley

By Samantha McGregor A STRING of comedy, music, fireworks and arts acts have been lined up for this summer’s Henley Festival.

Rita Ora, inset, will open the event on July 11, the iconic Grace Jones takes to the stage on Thursday with her energetic set guaranteed to include a string of costume changes and dance-club hits including her reinvention of Edith Piaf’s classic La Vie En Rose.

Other music legends at the festival include multi-Grammywinning composer, producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers, while Saturday night will bring Curtis Stigers and The Ronnie Scott’s Big Band presenting Sinatra At The Sands.

Henley Festival will close in true style on Sunday, July 15, with English National Opera performing with soloists, full orchestra and chorus, all under the baton of ENO Music Director Martyn Brabbins.

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The comedy stage welcomes performances by 25 comedians

including Paul Merton, Lucy Porter, Mark Watson, Lee Nelson and Dominic Holland.

The comedy line up will also include a very special evening of unscripted, unrehearsed and spontaneous comedy from Dead Ringers’ impressionists Jon Culshaw and comedy producer Bill Dare in their sell-out show The Great British Take Off. Elsewhere at the festival catch the Jazz Club in the Spiegel Tent, with performances by Purdy will be Soul/R’n’B band The Staks Band, King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys and on Sunday catch Miss Kiddy and the Cads.

The BBC Music Introducing stage, created in 2007 to support unsigned, undiscovered and under the radar musicians, is back again and for a taste of global world music as well as home spun British folk visit the Bedouin Tent.

Henley also boasts a foodie festival, this year Michelin starred chef Angela Hartnett will be taking the reins of Europe’s biggest field restaurant, creating a bespoke menu exclusively for Henley, at the Riverside Restaurant.

Elsewhere there will be art displays, a family day and a fireworks display will close each night.

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What could be worse than a baby with a monobrow?

COMEDIAN Ellie Taylor is set to play two dates in Oxford as part of her spring tour.

Hot off the heels of her 20 date autumn UK tour, Ellie is back by popular demand with her show This Guy. Married and in her 30s, Ellie has overcome the surprise of being in a dreadfully happy marriage only for society to test her with a new question – whether or not she wants to breed.

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She will perform at Chipping Norton Theatre on Saturday, March 3, and Oxford’s North Wall on Saturday, March 17.

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Draw on tips from top illustrator Join children’s writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt at Chipping Norton Theatre on Saturday at 11.30am for a family-friendly, fun filled draw-along for all ages.

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Say ‘I Do’ to a wedding with a twist

By Samantha McGregor AWARD-WINNING physical theatre company Gecko brings its most “ambitious” show to date to the city.

The Wedding will come to the Oxford Playhouse from March 1 to 3.

In their first ever visit to the Playhouse, Gecko taps into the complex ideas surrounding community, state and feelings of belonging all set within the ceremony and concept of marriage.

Described as “a beautiful show with visceral storytelling and emotionally fuelled physicality”, this production explores the idea of ‘forced marriage’.

It has been created to question how we are chained to society - the rules it imposes, the ideas it fills our heads with and the actions we feel we must follow.

Set in a dystopian world, The Wedding imagines we are all brides, wedded to society and bound by a contract.

It questions the terms of this relationship? And can we consider a divorce?

Tumbling through every emotion, and inciting a revolution, Gecko have created an intense show focusing on issues around migration and social cohesion.

Led by artistic director Amit Lahav, The Wedding is the perfect example of Gecko’s powerful performance

style; visual, visceral and ambitious theatre crafted to inspire, move and entertain.

This production was inspired by the complexities of human nature, and brings these contracts and issues of social cohesion within communities into question.

Gecko will host a post-show panel discussion at each venue on the tour to explore two key themes from the show – integration and social cohesion, and affecting change in the community.

Audiences will have the opportunity to share their thoughts and

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Gecko’s other productions include Institute and Missing.

Tickets for The Wedding at Oxford Playhouse start at £10 and are available from the ticket office by calling 01865 305305 or view oxfordplayhouse.com

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Bookshop to stage gothic horror Dracula CREATION Theatre is back this spring with a new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic gothic horror Dracula.

Staged in Blackwells Bookshop, this production starts a six-week run from March 3.

Set in Whitby in the 1950s, two characters, Mina and Jonathan, are unpicking the story of the eponymous Count through memories, letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles.

Jonathan has been suffering from a mysterious illness since a trip to Transylvania, and Mina is haunted by the memory of her friend Lucy, who died after succumbing to a similar illness.

As Mina and Jonathan pack away Lucy’s possessions, they piece together the events that lead to her death and the strange characters they encountered during her illness, which seem to hang like a shadow over their relationship.

Theirs is an unnerving tale of human relationships, sexuality and succumbing to desire.

For the first time in a Blackwell’s show, the production will use innovative audio-visual design to conjure up creatures of the night and allow the cast to interplay with them.

Dracula has been directed by Helen Tennison, who was behind last summer’s Alice, and was adapted for the stage by award-winning writer Kate Kerrow.

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Elvis and his army at Blenheim

By Samantha McGregor OXFORDSHIRE summer festival Nocture has announced its Saturday night line-up with Elvis Costello starring in the show.

Saturday night will also feature performances by song-writing icons The Waterboys and Nick Lowe.

Tickets have gone on sale for the four-day concert series taking place from June 14 to 17 at Blenheim Palace.

The trio join already announced artists Gary Barlow, Nile Rodgers & Chic and Soul II Soul who will perform at the show.

Saturday’s triple bill presents an exclusive opportunity to see three of the UK’s most revered, idiosyncratic songwriters on the same bill as they perform music from across their extensive back catalogues against the backdrop of The Great Court at Blenheim Palace.

Lowe famously produced Costello’s fi rst fi ve albums and this concert will signal the fi rst time the two have shared a bill since 2013.

Multiple award-winning Costello, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, said: “It’s great to fi nd ourselves in English summertime as part of the season of concerts alongside our old acquaintance, Nile Rodgers.”

Nick Lowe is best known for his songs Cruel to be Kind and I love

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the Sound of Breaking Glass and has worked with a string of artists including Costello, the Damned, Dave Edmunds and Johnny Cash.

Irish/Scottish folk rock band The Waterboys, who were formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott, are most famous for tunes including The Whole of the Moon, which reached

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Tickets for Elvis Costello, The Waterboys and Nick Lowe start at £40 and are on sale now.

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GLASWEGIAN art punks Catholic Action are set to return to Oxford to promote their debut album.

The band will perform at The Cellar on Wednesday, as part of a 14-date UK tour.

Playing tunes from their latest record In Memory Of, frontman Chris McCrory said: “In Memory Of has been a long time coming for us, and it wouldn’t have happened were it not for you.

“It’s a record we’re incredibly proud of and we hope you are too.

“So, we’re thrilled to be heading out on a headline tour of the UK to perform tracks from In Memory Of and more for the people that made it happen. Thank you! And see you in February.”

The brainchild of former Casual Sex member Chris McRory, the band has already picked big support from the BBC’s Huw Stephens.

Following the release of their acclaimed debut album In Memory Of, Catholic Action toured with alternative rock trio Kagoule last November, which included a stop at the iconic 100 Club.

The band have also just been confirmed for SXSW in 2018 alongside other British rising stars including The Magic Gang, Nadia Rose and Shame.

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Your weekly puzzle challenge Quiz Challenge

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Guidelines: 21 Good; 25 Very Good; 29 Excellent.

Any word found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary (Tenth Edition) is eligible with the following exceptions: proper nouns; plural nouns, pronouns and possessives; third person singular verbs; hyphenated words; contractions and abbreviations; vulgar slang words; variant spellings of the same word (where another variant is also eligible).

Using all 16 letters of the phrase above, form four words each of four letters which will fit in the grid to form a magic square in which the words can be read both horizontally and vertically.

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9. By adding just one letter to the word smile, which threesyllable word can be made?

10. In which US state is all of the land over 1,000 metres above sea level?

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1. Left a sheet of paper alongside the case (9) 6. Sailor in the starting position (3) 8. But usually it is not even going to the other side of the tracks (5,8) 9. Small room with nothing but an instrument (5) 10. Rebuilt tin hall as home for busy workers (3-4) 11. Confirm if a try has been converted (6) 13. Bag that can hold everything in the rain (6) 16. Relatively favourable (7) 18. Car test or the vehicle undergoing it (5) 20. Agreeing with special reporter (13) 22. Final objective (3) 23. She has a will to try a magician’s acts, say (9)

DOWN 1. Father left his friend (3) 2. Riotous feast is only the half of an enlightening experience (5) 3. How an unsuccessful tightrope walker might deteriorate (4,3) 4. Trail a sort of noose (6) 5. Assault at the film studio (4) 6. It is not important whether there are four or six in the test (7) 7. Controlling device to be included at frequent intervals (9) 9. Story in the Bible (9) 12. Twisted red tape thinner at one end (7) 14. Moan I am producing gas (7) 15. Pictures of southern headlands (6) 17. Give free medical attention? (5) 19. The king hides one of them (5) 21. Levy on nails, say (3)

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23. Small stream (4) 26. Augury (4) 28. Gaping (7) 29. Make indistinct (4) 30. Capital of Latvia (4) 31. Expand (7) DOWN 1. Spiritual leader (4) 2. Musical style (4) 3. Astounded (6) 4. Wind instrumentalist (6) 5. Indifferent (2-2) 6. Eastern continent (4)

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WORD PYRAMID: Vegetable marrow.

EQUALISER: Clockwise from top left – subtract; add; divide; multiply.

Total: 2.

Across – 2 Jealous; 7 Puma; 8 Oust; 9 Zealous; 10 Buzz; 12 Opal; 15 Beast; 17 Rested; 18 Truant; 19 Infant; 21 Jostle; 22 Group; 23 Rill; 26 Omen; 28 Yawning; 29 Blur; 30 Riga; 31 Enlarge.

Down – 1 Guru; 2 Jazz; 3 Amazed; 4 Oboist; 5 So-so; 6 Asia; 10 Barrier; 11 Zestful; 13 Phantom; 14 Lethean; 15 Being; 16 Troop; 20 Trowel; 21 Junior; 24 Idly; 25 Lyre; 26 Ogre; 27 Ergo.

FIVE ALIVE: QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 Raising of Lazarus; 2 Mississippi Burning; 3 Bagshot Park; 4 Rookery; 5 Libya; 6 Unmitigated; 7 Judo; 8 Aunt Aggie; 9 Simile; 10 Colorado.

(1) Across – Jumpy; Stove; Stead.

Down – Jests; Moose; Yield.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: CROSS CODE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Across – 1 Portfolio; 6 Tar; 8 Level crossing; 9 Cello; 10 Ant-hill; (2) Across – Occur; Drain; Rules.

C K B Z W V S R G U N D Q 11 Ratify; 13 Wallet; 16 Nepotic; 18 Motor; 20 Correspondent; Down – Order; Crawl; Rungs.

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NONAGRAM: H J M E T A O Y I P X F L Down – 1 Pal; 2 Revel; 3 Fall off; 4 Lariat; 5 Onset; 6 Trivial; 7 alate; ante; anti; atilt; attain; entail; Regulator; 9 Chronicle; 12 Tapered; 14 Ammonia; 15 Scapes; 17 inlet; ital; late; latent; latte; latten; EASY SUDOKU HARD SUDOKU MAGIC SQUARE: Treat; 19 Their; 21 Tax. fist; into; stew; leant; leat; lent; lint; lite; natal; neat; town.

QUICK CROSSWORD: nett; tael; taenia; tail; taint; tala; tale; talent; TANTALIZE; teal; teat; tein; tent; tian; tile; tilt; tine; tinea; tint; titan; title; zeta.

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Winter Olympics

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BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Coroner Escape to the Country Get Away for Winter Antiques Road Trip Pointless

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BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show EastEnders Animals with Cameras Death in Paradise BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Question Time Drugs Map of Britain Winter Olympics Winter Olympics Breakfast

6.00pm 6.30pm

Animal Park Easter Special Homes Under the Hammer Wanted Down Under Heir Hunters

1.15am 2.00am 3.00am

Eggheads Great American Railroad Journeys Winter Olympics Sea Cities - Sunderland Generation Gifted The Mash Report Newsnight Dragons’ Den Chris Packham: In Search of the Lost Girl Food: Truth or Scare MasterChef Weather for the Week Ahead

4.00pm A New Life in the Sun

Channel 5 7.00pm The Wonderful World of Puppies

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3rd Rock from the Sun Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11.00am Undercover Boss USA

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Digby Dragon Rusty Rivets Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Mofy The Wright Stuff GPs: Behind Closed Doors

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Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London James Martin’s American Adventure Tenable Tipping Point The Chase

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Friday February 16th

EVENING

AFTERNOON

MORNING

TOP TV

BBC 1

BBC 2

9.00pm Requiem

9.00pm Nigel Slater’s Middle East: Iran

9.15am

Winter Olympics

9.15am 10.00am 11.00am 11.45am

1.00pm 1.30pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 3.00pm 3.45pm 4.30pm 5.15pm

BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Coroner Escape to the Country Get Away for Winter Antiques Road Trip Pointless

12.15pm Bargain Hunt 1.00pm Winter Olympics

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.25pm 10.35pm 11.25pm 12.00am 3.00am 6.00am

BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Would I Lie to You? EastEnders Room 101 Requiem BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather The Graham Norton Show The Young Offenders Winter Olympics Winter Olympics Breakfast

6.00pm 6.30pm

Animal Park Easter Special Homes Under the Hammer Wanted Down Under Heir Hunters

Eggheads Great American Railroad Journeys 7.00pm Winter Olympics 8.00pm Mastermind 8.30pm A Vicar’s Life 9.00pm Nigel Slater’s Middle East: Iran 10.00pm QI 10.30pm Newsnight 11.05pm A Most Violent Year 1.00am Panorama 1.30am Animals with Cameras 2.30am Food: Truth or Scare 3.15am MasterChef

ITV

Channel 4

8.00pm Love Your Garden

Channel 5

10.00pm The Last Leg

8.00pm Celebrity Five Go Barging

8.30am Lorraine 9.25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 10.30am This Morning

7.10am 7.35am 8.30am 10.05am

3rd Rock from the Sun Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11.00am Undercover Boss USA

8.20am 8.35am 8.55am 9.05am 9.15am 11.15am

Digby Dragon Rusty Rivets Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Mofy The Wright Stuff GPs: Behind Closed Doors

12.30pm 1.30pm 1.55pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm

Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London James Martin’s American Adventure Tenable Tipping Point The Chase

12.00pm 12.05pm 1.05pm 2.10pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 5.30pm

Channel 4 News Couples Come Dine with Me Posh Pawnbrokers Countdown A Place in the Sun A New Life in the Sun Four in a Bed Extreme Cake Makers

12.10pm 12.15pm 1.15pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 3.15pm 5.00pm 5.30pm

5 News Lunchtime Cowboy Builders Home and Away Neighbours Ncis: Conspiracy to Murder Fatherly Obsession 5 News at 5 Neighbours

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 10.45pm 11.45pm 12.45am 3.00am 3.50am

ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Love Your Garden Coronation Street Lethal Weapon ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Through the Keyhole Take Me Out Jackpot247 Alphabetical ITV Nightscreen

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm

The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 9.00pm First Dates 10.00pm The Last Leg 11.05pm Rude Tube 12.10am Magic Mike 2.05am Born to Kill 3.00am Damned 3.25am Four Rooms with Sarah Beeny 4.20am The Question Jury 5.15am Coast v Country

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.30pm 12.15am 3.10am 4.00am 4.45am 5.10am 5.35am

Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Wine Show Celebrity Five Go Barging Cruising with Jane McDonald Will and Grace Bette Midler That’s So 1989 Super Casino GPs: Behind Closed Doors GPs: Behind Closed Doors House Doctor Divine Designs Wildlife SOS

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Saturday February 17th

EVENING

AFTERNOON

MORNING

TOP TV

BBC 1 7.15pm All Together Now

BBC 2 8.45pm Dad’s Army

ITV

Channel 4

8.00pm The Voice UK

8.00pm Britain at Low Tide

Channel 5 4.05pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

10.00am Winter Olympics

10.00am Saturday Kitchen Live 11.30am The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food

8.30am 9.05am 9.25am 9.30am

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo Wishfart ITV News Saturday Morning with James Martin 11.25am The Hungry Sailors

7.10am 8.00am 9.00am 10.30am 11.00am 11.30am

King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

9.35am 9.50am 10.05am 10.35am 10.40am 11.10am

Digby Dragon Peppa Pig Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Access Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud Police Interceptors

12.00pm 1.00pm 1.15pm 4.30pm 5.25pm 5.35pm 5.45pm

12.00pm 1.15pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 4.00pm 4.45pm

12.25pm ITV News 12.30pm Dancing on Ice 2.30pm Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 3.00pm Celebrity Catchphrase 4.00pm Tipping Point 5.00pm The Chase

12.00pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.35pm 4.35pm 5.35pm

The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Come Dine with Me Coast v Country A Place in the Sun The Secret Life of the Zoo The Supervet

12.05pm 1.05pm 2.05pm 3.05pm 4.05pm 5.00pm

Police Interceptors The A-Team The A-Team Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

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6.15pm 7.15pm 8.15pm

Hugh’s Wild West Winter Olympics David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 8.45pm Dad’s Army 9.15pm QI XL 10.00pm Imagine...

11.15pm Young Frankenstein 12.55am The Producers 3.00am Weather for the Week Ahead 3.05am BBC News 6.00am Winter Olympics

6.00pm 6.20pm 6.30pm 8.00pm 9.30pm 10.30pm 10.45pm 12.45am 3.00am 3.50am 6.00am 6.10am 6.35am 6.50am

6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 11.15pm 12.55am 1.50am 3.55am 4.50am 5.45am 6.15am 6.40am

Channel 4 News Penelope Keith’s Coastal Villages Britain at Low Tide Ted 2 Dracula Untold The Last Leg Hollyoaks Omnibus Four Rooms with Sarah Beeny Location, Location, Location Superfoods: The Real Story King of Queens King of Queens

6.00pm

BBC 2

ITV

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6.25pm 7.15pm 8.20pm 9.10pm 10.10pm 10.30pm

Pointless All Together Now Casualty Troy: Fall of a City BBC News Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 11.35pm Live at the Apollo 12.20am Winter Olympics 3.00am Winter Olympics 6.00am Breakfast

5.45pm

Winter Olympics Escape to the Country Trust Me, I’m a Doctor The Third Man Flog It! Nigel Slater’s Middle East: Turkey Tom Kerridge’s Lose Weight for Good

ITV News ITV News London Take Me Out The Voice UK Through the Keyhole ITV News Lethal Weapon 3 Jackpot247 Babushka ITV Nightscreen Sooty The Aquabats! Super Show!

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The Wonderful World of Puppies 7.00pm Cruising with Jane McDonald 8.00pm Building the World’s Most Luxurious Ship 8.55pm 5 News Weekend 9.00pm Football on 5 10.00pm Football on 5 10.30pm There’s Something About Mary 12.40am Super Casino 3.10am GPs: Behind Closed Doors 4.00am Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh 4.45am House Doctor

Sunday February 18th

EVENING

AFTERNOON

MORNING

TOP TV

BBC 1 6.30pm Countryfile

6.00pm New York: America’s Busiest City

Channel 4

8.00pm Endeavour

2.55pm The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Digby Dragon Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Football on 5 Football on 5

12.30pm Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 1.30pm The Simpsons 2.00pm The Simpsons 2.25pm The Simpsons 2.55pm The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 4.45pm Rio 2

12.00pm 12.30pm 2.15pm 4.45pm 5.45pm 5.50pm

Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud Justin and the Knights of Valour P.S. I Love You Something’s Gotta Give 5 News Something’s Gotta Give

6.35pm 7.00pm 8.00pm

7.10pm 7.15pm

Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 9.00am The Andrew Marr Show 10.00am The Big Questions 11.00am Homes Under the Hammer

9.00am

Winter Olympics

9.05am 9.25am 9.30am 10.00am 11.00am 11.25am

Wishfart ITV News Love Your Garden Peston on Sunday The Martin Lewis Money Show The Voice UK

7.05am 8.00am 8.30am 9.00am 9.30am

12.00pm BBC News 12.15pm Winter Olympics 3.35pm Match of the Day Live

12.15pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 3.15pm

Saturday Kitchen Best Bites A Vicar’s Life The Crane Gang South Korea: Earth’s Hidden Wilderness Lifeline Songs of Praise Back in Time for Tea

12.55pm 1.00pm 1.30pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.30pm 4.45pm 5.00pm

ITV News The Harbour The Cruise What Would Your Kid Do? Britain’s Brightest Family Tipping Point ITV News ITV News London The Chase: Celebrity Special

New York: America’s Busiest City Winter Olympics Dragons’ Den Life and Death Row The Mash Report Live at the Apollo Cleverman Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Question Time Holby City Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News Winter Olympics

6.00pm 8.00pm 10.00pm 10.15pm 11.15pm

6.05pm 6.20pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 11.00pm 11.20pm 11.30pm 12.30am 3.00am 6.00am

BBC News Regional News and Weather Countryfile Hold the Sunset Call the Midwife The British Academy Film Awards 2018 BBC News Regional News and Weather Julius Caesar Revealed Winter Olympics Winter Olympics Breakfast

6.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.15pm 12.05am 1.50am 2.50am 3.50am 3.55am 6.00am

Dancing on Ice Endeavour ITV News Peston on Sunday Frustrated Britain: Caught on Camera 12.10am Car Wars 1.05am Jackpot247 3.00am Take on the Twisters 3.50am ITV Nightscreen 5.05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 6.00am Good Morning Britain

4.45pm Something’s Gotta Give

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4.15pm 4.25pm 5.00pm

Channel 5

Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch

Channel 4 News Posh Pawn The First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year Old Man 9.00pm Homeland 10.15pm Our Kind of Traitor 12.20am The Supervet 1.15am The World’s Most Expensive Food 2.05am Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 3.00am Four Rooms with Sarah Beeny 3.50am The Question Jury 4.40am KOTV Boxing Weekly 5.05am Coast v Country

5 News Weekend Greatest Celebrity Wind-Ups Ever!

8.00pm Caught in the Act 9.00pm When Comedy Goes Horribly Wrong 12.00am Bette Midler 1.00am Super Casino 3.10am Cowboy Builders 4.00am The Railways That Built Britain, with Chris Tarrant 4.45am House Doctor 5.10am Divine Designs 5.35am Wildlife SOS

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EVENING

AFTERNOON

MORNING

TOP TV

BBC 1 5.15pm Pointless

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ITV

Channel 4

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8.30pm Food Unwrapped

Channel 5 9.00pm The X Files

9.15am

Winter Olympics

9.15am Animal Park Summer Special 10.00am Homes Under the Hammer 11.00am Bargain Hunt

8.30am Lorraine 9.25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 10.30am This Morning

7.10am 7.35am 8.30am 10.00am

3rd Rock from the Sun Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11.00am Undercover Boss USA

8.20am 8.35am 8.55am 9.05am 9.15am 11.15am

Digby Dragon Rusty Rivets Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Mofy The Wright Stuff GPs: Behind Closed Doors

1.00pm 1.30pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 3.00pm 3.45pm 4.30pm 5.15pm

BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Coroner Escape to the Country Get Away for Winter Antiques Road Trip Pointless

12.00pm The Daily Politics 1.00pm Winter Olympics

12.30pm 1.30pm 1.55pm 2.00pm

12.00pm 12.05pm 1.05pm 2.10pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 5.30pm

Channel 4 News Couples Come Dine with Me Posh Pawnbrokers Countdown A Place in the Sun A New Life in the Sun Four in a Bed Extreme Cake Makers

12.10pm 12.15pm 1.15pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 3.15pm 5.00pm 5.30pm

5 News Lunchtime Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

Home and Away Neighbours Ncis: Conspiracy to Murder Final Recourse 5 News at 5 Neighbours

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 10.45pm 11.15pm 12.05am 3.00am 6.00am

BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Match of the Day Live BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Have I Got Old News for You The Graham Norton Show Winter Olympics Winter Olympics Breakfast

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.15pm 12.15am 12.55am 1.40am 2.35am 3.35am

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 10.45pm

ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street The Martin Lewis Money Show Coronation Street Marcella ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Boarding Schools: The Secret Shame - Exposure 11.55pm Children Who Kill 12.45am Ross Kemp Behind Bars - Inside Barlinnie

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.05pm 12.10am

The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Dispatches Food Unwrapped 24 Hours in Police Custody First Dates Married at First Sight The ¬£1 Houses: Britain’s Cheapest Street The Job Interview Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners One Born Every Minute Four Rooms with Sarah Beeny

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm

ITV

Channel 4

Channel 5

8.00pm Joe Wicks: The Body Coach

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3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm

Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys Winter Olympics Only Connect University Challenge Collateral Two Doors Down Newsnight Horizon Odyssey Odyssey Countryfile Shane Hugh’s Wild West

Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London James Martin’s American Adventure Tenable Tipping Point The Chase

1.05am 2.00am 2.55am 3.50am

Home and Away 5 News Tonight Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights 8.00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 9.00pm The X Files 10.00pm When Game Shows Go Horribly Wrong 1.00am Super Casino 3.10am Cowboy Builders 4.00am Cruising with Jane McDonald 4.45am House Doctor 5.10am Divine Designs

Tuesday February 20th

EVENING

AFTERNOON

MORNING

TOP TV

BBC 1 9.00pm Shetland

BBC 2 6.30pm Great British Railway Journeys

7.00pm Emmerdale

9.15am

Winter Olympics

9.15am Animal Park Summer Special 10.00am Homes Under the Hammer 11.00am Bargain Hunt

8.30am Lorraine 9.25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 10.30am This Morning

7.10am 7.35am 8.30am 10.05am

3rd Rock from the Sun Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 11.00am Undercover Boss USA

8.20am 8.35am 8.55am 9.05am 9.15am 11.15am

Digby Dragon Rusty Rivets Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Mofy The Wright Stuff GPs: Behind Closed Doors

1.00pm 1.30pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 3.00pm 3.45pm 4.30pm 5.15pm

BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Coroner Escape to the Country Get Away for Winter Antiques Road Trip Pointless

12.00pm The Daily Politics 1.00pm Winter Olympics

12.30pm 1.30pm 1.55pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm

Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London James Martin’s American Adventure Tenable Tipping Point The Chase

12.00pm 12.05pm 1.05pm 2.10pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 5.30pm

Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me Posh Pawnbrokers Countdown A Place in the Sun A New Life in the Sun Four in a Bed Extreme Cake Makers

12.10pm 12.15pm 1.15pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 3.15pm 5.00pm 5.30pm

5 News Lunchtime Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

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6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 10.45pm 11.45pm 1.00am 3.00am 3.50am 5.05am

ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale 100 Year Old Driving School What Would Your Kid Do? Benidorm: Ten Years on Holiday ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Through the Keyhole Take Me Out Jackpot247 Loose Women ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.05pm 12.20am

The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Joe Wicks: The Body Coach 24 Hours in A and E Working with Weinstein Before We Die Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA It’s a Weird World The Supervet The Question Jury Coast v Country Location, Location, Location

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm

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BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show EastEnders Holby City Shetland BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Plastic Surgery Capital of the World 11.45pm Winter Olympics 4.00am Winter Olympics 6.00am Breakfast

6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.25pm 10.30pm 11.15pm 12.15am 1.15am 2.00am 3.00am

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1.10am 2.05am 3.00am 3.55am 4.50am

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The daily hysterical headline about house prices is misleading Bill Cooper, co-author of The Oxford Property Blog and managing director of Martin and Co, Oxford

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oxford house prices are stagnatingâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oxford homes least affordable in the UKâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The house price bubble is set to burstâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Housing Armageddonâ&#x20AC;?. Just a ďŹ&#x201A;avour of the typical narrative of headlines in the printed and digital media daily. Yes, it seems we Brits are completely obsessed with property, especially when the news is dire!

Given that I am in the business of writing about Oxfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property market, I thought Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do a little

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research to establish some facts and to share them with you.

Hometrack has recently updated its UK Cities house price index with data to December 2017, so it is a good time to take a look and consider the facts.

In general UK citizens feel that they understand property it feels as if it is in our national DNA. And yet, so many people seem to react to short-term trends, changing their investment decisions because of the headlines they read.

Oxford vs UK House Prices

According to Hometrack, an average Oxford property is now worth ÂŁ425,600, at a time when an average London home is worth ÂŁ488,300. So, an average Oxford property is now worth 87% of an average London property. Only Cambridge gets close to Oxford and London with an average house value of ÂŁ404,300. But London prices have been falling so surely Oxford will suffer a similar fate?

Well the truth is no-one knows!

Towards the end of last year Oxford properties did dip slightly according to Hometrack, but across the 12 months to December 2017 Land Registry data shows Oxford properties sold for values 6% up on the previous 12 months.

It is also apparent that house prices have performed better than predicted during January.

We are often told that investment in property should be longterm, but does the long-term data support that assertion? Below is an analysis that shows Oxford house prices (in Green) vs UK house prices (in Brown).

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From the graphic it can be seen that the UK house price index had a positive consistent growth curve over the period from 1998, to 2008 after which it had a steep dip during 2009/10 with a progressive recovery to the end of 2017 as which point prices had recovered to their 2007 highs. In comparison, since 1998 Oxford property has consistently out-performed the UK average, following a steeper growth curve, experiencing a more dramatic short-term fall during 2008/9, since when, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recovery has been signiďŹ cantly steeper recovering 2009/10 losses during 2012/13.

Oxford vs London House Prices

So how has Oxford done compared to London? Well the analysis above shows how closely Oxford (green) typically tracks the London market (Brown). With a gap in average values opening since 2013 as London out-performed the wider UK market because wage growth recovered more strongly and for-

Oxford vs London House Prices

eign investment drove the market forward.

Oxford vs Cambridge House Prices

And, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not forget the rivalry with Cambridge. How does Oxford compare with Cambridge?

The analysis below is also notable for the close tracking of Oxford (dark green) and Cambridge property (teal) prices, demonstrating that both Cities beneďŹ t from their world-renowned Universities, their proximity to London and their long-term investment in the knowledge-based services sector.

What these analyses really show is that property is a reliable longterm investment, and that property owners should not be blown off course by short-term ďŹ&#x201A;uctuations and alarming headlines. Even a multi-generational event like the credit crunch, which had a profound effect on property for 12 to 24 months, is now a matter of history with the long-term trend of growth having been restored.

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Is it time to fall in love with a new home?

Whether or not Cupid visited you this week, it may still prove to be the right time to fall in love with a new property and market yours for sale or get it ready for new tenants!

Our data has historically shown that in the week after Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an uplift in interest in property. Simply, the day of red roses, cheesy greetings cards and romantic gestures, marks a milestone in many relationships â&#x20AC;&#x201C; people decide to move in together; to move on from a rental to an owned property; they get engaged; and in some instances, they split up!

Of course, it may simply be a case that people who have been considering a move put it off over the festive period

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Potential buyers registering in the week after Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day have increased four-fold in the last five years, and last year we saw more mortgage applications made after February 14th than in the previous week! Enquiries and registrations from people looking to rent a new home in the week after Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day has also risen year on year over the last 3 years.

A one-off peak might have signalled a blip, but having tracked this now for

many years, we believe that this is a real and significant trend. That means that if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re planning to market your property for sale or have considered taking your first steps as a landlord, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be well advised to register with Andrews now to take advantage of the increase in property interest once Cupid has visited.

In order to ensure that your property stands out from the crowd and becomes a home that someone falls in love with, visit your local Andrews branch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; there are five across Oxfordshire â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to discuss your plans and arrange a valuation for your home, or visit www.andrewsonline. co.uk for advice on what to consider ahead of a move.

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A 2008 Homeseeker 32’ x 20’ twin unit set in low maintenance gardens with 2 on-site driveways on private park situated in the heart of this sought after village. Hall, lounge/dining room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, mains gas radiator central heating, UPVC double glazed windows and doors, coved ceilings, textured external walls, brick built skirt and steps, Decra style roof, enclosed low maintenance gardens with 2 on-site driveways, additional communal car parking nearby

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BICESTER PARK HOME GP £185,000 FOXHALL MANOR £99,950 SANDFORD ON £84,000 (10 miles Oxford, 2 miles Bicester) (12 miles south Oxford) (3 miles Oxford centre) ESTATE PARK, DIDCOT THAMES

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NISSAN QASHQAI +2 360, Black, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, SAT NAV, 7 Seats, 34237 Miles 2012-62 £11,995 2015-15 NISSAN QASHQAI 1.6 DCI TEkNA, Grey, 5 Dr, RCL,PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, Sat Nav, Leather Seats, 19900 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£11,995 2012-62 AUDI TT 2.0 TDI BLACk EDITION QUATTRO, Silver, 3 DR, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 4wd, 82000 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£11,995

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FORD kUGA 2.0 TDCI ZETEC, Silver, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 37673 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAS £10,995 NOW £10,495

2015-64

VAUXHALL CORSA 1.4 SRI ECO, White, 5DR, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 19252 Miles, . . . . . . £7,995

2012-62

FORD FOCUS 1.6 ZETEC, Black, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 28374 Miles, . . . . . . . . .£7,895

2013-13 2011-11 2012-62

FORD FIESTA 1.0 ZETEC TURBO, White, 3 DR, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 24791 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£7,995 VOLkSWAGEN POLO 1.4 MATCH DSG, Grey, 5 DR, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys 19700 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£7,995

2013-63

SkODA YETI 2.0TDI ELEGANCE 4X4, Blue, 5 Dr, EW, AC, Alloys, Leather, 33040 Miles, £10,495

2015-65

NISSAN PULSAR 1.5 DCI N-TEC, Black, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, Sat Nav, 18350 Miles.

WAS £9,995 NOW £9,695

2014-63

VOLkSWAGEN POLO 1.2 TDI MATCH EDITION, White, 5 DR, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, SAT NAV, 44300 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£7,295

2014-14

MINI ONE 1.5 D, White, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, ONLY 9500 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAS £10,495 NOW £9,995

2014-64

FIAT 500 1.2 S, Black, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, ONLY 8740 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAS £7,495 NOW £7,295

2014-14

NISSAN JUkE 1.5 DCI TEkNA, Black, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS,. EW, AC, Alloys, Sat Nav, Leather, 31600 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£9,495

2015-15

SEAT IBIZA 1.2 TSI I-TECH, Blue, 3 DR, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, SAT NAV, 31809 Miles £6,995

2011-11

AUDI A1 1.4 TFSI SPORT, White, 3 Dr, RCL, pAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 22800 Miles, . . . . . . . .£9,295

2014-14

2009-09

HONDA CR-V 2.2 CTDI EX, Grey, 5 DR, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, Sat Nav, Leather Seats, 48150 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAS £9,495 NOW £8,995

RENAULT CLIO 1.2 DYNAMIQUE, Grey, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 22377 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAS £7,295 NOW £6,995

2015-15

2014-14

FORD FIESTA 1.0 ECOBOOST ZETEC S, Silver, 3 Dr, PAS, AC, Alloys, 22500 Miles, . . . . . £8,995

FIAT 500 1.2 S, Red, 3 DR, RCL,PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 24200 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAS £9,995 NOW £6,795

2013-63

NISSAN NOTE 1.2 ACENTA PREMIUM, Silver, 5 Dr, RCL, pAs, EW, AC, Alloys, Sat Nav, 27400 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6,595

2014-64

HYUNDAI I30 1.4 ACTIVE, Grey, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 12600 Miles, . . . . . . . .£8,995

2016-65

SEAT IBIZA 1.2 TSI FR, White, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 28900 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . £8,995

2013-13

FORD MONDEO 2.0 TDCI TITANIUM X ESTATE, Green, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 61450 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAS £8,995 NOW £8,695

2011-11

SkODA OCTAVIA 1.8 TSI ELEGANCE, Grey, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, Leather, 17900 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6,495

2013-63

FORD FIESTA 1.6 ZETEC AUTO, BLUE, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 10900 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAS £8,795 NOW £8,495

2014-14

VOLkSWAGEN MOVE-UP 1.0, White, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, 9950 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . £6,295

2014-14

SUZUkI SWIFT 1.2 SZ3, Red, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 13900 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAS £5,995 NOW £5,795

2014-14

VAUXHALL CORSA 1.4 SXI, Grey, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 41300 Miles . . . . . . . £5,995

2013-13

NISSAN JUkE 1.5 DCI ACENTA, Silver, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, Ac, Alloys, 31400 Miles, . . . . . . £8,695

2015-15

SEAT IBIZA 1.2 FR TSI, Black, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 20700 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . £8,695

2014

14 FORD FOCUS 1.6 ZETEC AUTO, Silver, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 25338 Miles . £8,495

2013-63

VOLkSWAGEN POLO 1.4 MATCH EDITION DSG, Black, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 31500 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £8,495

2014-64

PEUGEOT 108 ACCESS 1.0, Red, 3 DR, RCL, PAS, EW, £0 Road Tax, 12750 Miles. . . . . . £5,495

2012-62

SEAT IBIZA 1.4 SE, Black, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 51700 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5,495

2012-62

TOYOTA YARIS 1.3 TR, Turquoise, 3 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, Reverse Camera, 51500 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5,295

2014-14

FORD FOCUS 1.6 ZETEC AUTO, Silver, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, Ac, Alloys, 25330 Miles . . . . £8,495

2015-15

VAUXHALL CORSA 1.4 LTD EDT, Black, 5 Dr, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 8200 Miles . . . . . . . . £8,495

2015-15

VAUXHALL CORSA 1.0 TURBO LTD EDT, Grey, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 14300 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £8,495

2011-11

MAZDA2 1.3 TAMURA, Silver, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, 31840 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . £4,795

2012-62

NISSAN JUkE 1.5 DCI TEkNA, Black, 5 Dr, RCL, PAS, EW, AC, Alloys, Sat Nav, Leather Seats, 30635 Miles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £8,495

2010-67

RENAULT MEGANE 1.5 DCI DYNAMIQUE ESTATE, Silver, 5 DR, RCL, PAS, EW, AC,Alloys, SAT NAV, 45759 Miles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3,995

2012-12

VOLkSWAGEN GOLF 2.0 TDI SE CONVERTIBLE, black, 3 Dr,EW,Alloys, 50900 Miles, . . £8,495

2011-61

PEUGEOT 107 1.0 URBAN, Grey, 5 dr, rcl, pas, ew, 44100 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3,895

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Fuel consumption figures for the Civic EX 1.6 i-DTEC Manual mpg (l/100km): Urban 78.5mpg (3.6L/100km), Extra Urban 83.1mpg (3.4L/100km), Combined 80.7mpg (3.5L/100km). CO2 emissions: 93g/km. Fuel consumption figures sourced from official EU-regulated laboratory test results, are provided for comparison purposes and may not refl ect real-life driving experience.

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Cruise Control & Traction Control Bluetooth® & AUX Smartphone Connectivity

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DEPOSIT

7 Seats - Fold Flat Third Row Cruise Control & Climate Control

OPEN UNTIL 9PM TUESDAY AND THURSDAY

Eden Vauxhall Banbury

Eden Vauxhall Oxford

Tel: 01295 755400

Tel: 01865 856500

Beaumont Road | OX16 1RH

Oxford Motor Park | OX5 1RY

Sales Opening Hours

08:30-19:00 Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday | 08:30-21:00 Tuesday and Thursday Brand New Mokka X SUV 1.6i Active RRP £19,451 - Customer Deposit £269 – Total amount of credit £19,182 – 48 monthly payments of £269 – Optional final payment £6,270 – 0% APR on Personal Contract Plan - Total amount payable £19,451 based on 5,000 miles contract duration (Excess mileage will be charged on the above vehicle, other mileages are available). Finance subject to status. Terms & Conditions apply. 18’s and over. Guarantee may be required. We are a credit broker not a lender for these financial promotions. We can introduce you to a limited number of carefully selected finance providers and may receive a commission from them for the introduction. Images used for illustration purposes only, specifications may vary. Details correct at time of print. For further details please contact your local Eden Vauxhall branch. Offers end 31/03/2018, Eden Vauxhall reserves the right to end the promotion early.

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LODGE HILL GARAGE

ABINGDON

01865 326666 cars@lodgehillgarage.com www.lodgehillgarage.co.uk Lodge Hill Garage, Oxford Road , Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 2JD. Opening times: Mon–Fri 8–5, Sat Appointment only, Sun Closed.

We now do mechanical work onsite.

We service and repair ALL makes of cars.

Onsite 4x4 specialist team too.

MOT – now with fluid check

JUST £50

REPAIR, SERVICING, DIAGNOSTICS & AIR CONDITIONING COURTESY CAR COLLECTION & DELIVERY

Unexpected car repair?

We now have a solution to spread the cost of car repairs over 4 easy payments INTEREST FREE!!

Please mention this payment option at point of booking, 25% of final invoice to be paid on collection of vehicle.

LOYALT Y DISCOUNT TO E XISTING CUSTOMERS

Abingdon’s best value for money service centre

A B I N G DON S MO S T C ON V E N I E NT S E R V IC E C E NTR E LOC ATE D J U S T OF F TH E A34

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

End of the road for your veh cle?

Responsible drivers scrap their vehicles at an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF).

ALSO BREAKING 500 CARS ALL PARTS AVAILABLE

Because only an ATF can legally scrap a vehicle.

That means any pollutants will be made safe before it’s recycled in an environmentally friendly way.

What’s more, for certain types of vehicle you’ll get a DVLA approved Certificate of Destruction (CoD). A CoD proves the ATF has told DVLA your vehicle has been scrapped and is no longer your responsibility. www.direct.gov.uk.motoring

UP TO £400 PAID FOR SCRAP CARS CALL FOR THE BEST PRICE

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Authorised Repairers and Parts Distributors for Peugeot and SsangYong

FREE VEHICLE HEALTH CHECK

Servicing and Repairs to ALL MAKES

Includes;

Cambelts | Tyres | Exhausts | General Repairs

Lights, Alternator Output, Battery Condition, Tyre Tread and Depth’s, Exhaust condition, Steering and Suspension, Brake Pads and discs.

MOT’s Only £45.00 and FREE Re-test

To book an appointment call us on the number below.

FISH BROTHERS PEUGEOT FARINGDON Marlborough Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JP

Tel: 01367 240141

www.fish-bros.co.uk/peugeot-faringdon

To advertise in call us on

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Dealer promise History checked Extended warranties available Free 12 month break down cover Low rate finance We now have cars at our second site in Welch Way Witney

PRESTIGE & SPORTS CAR SPECIALISTS

Offering all Main Dealer Facilities & full Diagnostics Services to the motorist in Oxfordshire.

Peace of mind comes as standard to our customers…

MOT just £45

When mentioning this advert!

Class 4 vehicles t Free MOT Re-tests t Comfortable MOT Viewing Area t Local Collection & Delivery Service (call for details) t Local Garage you can trust t Experienced vehicle technicians

01865 872999

www.jordell.co.uk

53 London Road, Wheatley, Oxford, OX33 1YJ

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Motor Services

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WE WANT YOUR BIKE!

Cash Paid for your MoPeds, sCooters and MotorCyCles they May be worth More than you think!

• • • •

Avenue Two, Station Lane, Witney, Oxon, OX28 4YG

a lot more than just a recovery service...

Vehicle Servicing and Repairs (All Makes) MOTs (Class 4, 5 and 7) Engine Diagnostics Tyres and Exhausts 24hr Roadside Assistance Free Collection and Delivery* Courtesy Cars Available Discounts for Fleet Users

ClassiC or Modern all Makes and Models Very low Miles to non runners anything Considered 24/7

Servicing of all makes and models of cars and light commercial vehicles, by our Ford qualified technicians

Opening Times Mon to Fri: 8am-6pm Sat: 8am-1pm

Vehicle Service & FREE Roadside Assistance on Most Ford Services

[*within a 5-mile radius and vehicle drives]

Call alan today 01296 661777 or 07712 622593

MOTs FROM ONLY

try us, you’ll be glad you did!

Peterley Road, Horspath Industrial Estate, Cowley, Oxford OX4 2TZ

Tel: 01865 434343

www.isisrescue.co.uk

WANTED

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Service: 01993 703924 Parts: 01993 705910 www.kernahanservice.co.uk info@kernahanservice.co.uk

Window fitters van fully fitted out inside, MOT’ til August 2018, 117,000 miles, Service History, good condition overall, £1,180 ONO

Any age or condition, unfinished projects etc.

Instant cash waiting ££ If it’s in your garage or on your driveway.

Tel: 07774 135452

Call Jonathan on: 07832 211144

Classic/Old Cars Any Camper Van/Motor Home

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To advertise in

SC Car Centre

Sales, servicing & repairs Quality Used Car Sales

www.sccarcentre.co.uk

For Just £199.99

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MOT & Full Service (inc. VAT, specialist oil exclusions may apply) If you mention this offer at time of booking only

Local Collection and Delivery Service Courtesy Car Available Cars Bought for Cash

Tel: 01235 511040 Wantage Road, Didcot, OX11 0BS

All our vehicles are checked with HPI

call us on

Full/Interim Servicing & Repairs t Computer Diagnostics t MOT preparation / MOT t Tyres Exhausts t Batteries t Air Conditioning Services

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Visit our website for current stock

Premium Winter Safety Inspection Includes: Light checks, level checks and top ups, tyre tread depth check and plenty more…

Free Fitting on Wiper Blades, Batteries & Bulbs for All Vehicles. T&C’s apply

INDEPENDENT GARAGE SERVICES AT: STATION FIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KIDLINGTON OX5 1JD BUSHEY GROUND, MINSTER LOVELL, WITNEY OX29 0SW

QUALITY SERVICE AND REPAIRS FOR ALL MAKES AND MODELS Servicing • Repairs • Cambelts • Diagnostics • Batteries Air Conditioning • Tyres • Exhausts • Clutches

MOT TESTING FOR CLASS 4, 5 & 7

Kidlington 01865 841627 Witney 01993 703621 enquiries@jsmotorsoxford.co.uk

www.jsmotors.co.uk

Trust My Garage Members

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Motor Services

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Scrap your vehicle with

T&B MOTORS HAVE PEACE OF MIND AND BE LEGAL! FULLY EA COMPLIANT. DVLA APPROVED Wanted

Over 23 years service to the motorist

VOLVO

D&A AUTOS

Cowley Road MOT’s Ltd (Clive Smith Oxford Ltd)

Specialists in Witney Newland, Witney Sales • Service Repair • MoT

Any van, truck, pickup and 4x4 Running, non-running MOT failure, damaged, rusty or end of life

SPECIFICALLY WANTED Toyota Hiace & Hilux pickups • Mercedes Sprinters Vauxhall Brava Pickups • Ford Transits Mercedes Vans and Trucks incl: 814/709 etc.

Founded in 1961, our family-run MOT garage serves motorists from Cowley, Headington, Oxford and all across wider Oxfordshire, providing fast, affordable and thorough MOT testing for all shapes and sizes of vehicle.

Scrap cars collected competitive prices paid

www.vanspares.co.uk Phone

01993 704766 or 01993 709000

01993 700545 www.da-autos.co.uk

Martin Gilbert February 2018 Offer:

MOT’s Just £45 when presenting this advert.

Tel: 01235 553055

Radley Rd Industrial Estate, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3RY

www.martingilbertmotorrepairs.com

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Oxfords No.1 Tyres Supplier

01865 775522 (Cowley) 01865 511038 (Northern Bypass)

NEW TYRE SALE NOW ON 205 55 16VR £39.95 • 225 45 17XL £49.95 225 40 18XL £49.95 All prices include new valve and balancing.

More great offers available CALL NOW, OPEN 7 DAYS

lpg conversions & all makes servicing mots, diagnostics, air con, tyres, exhausts

01235 819966

Rich’s Sidings, Workshop North, Lower Broadway, Didcot

379 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 2BS

Mobile paintless dent removal.

Annoying car park dings or dents?

These can be repaired at your convenience - at home or at the workplace

BEFORE

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TEL: 07725561050 for a free estimate

www.premierdentsoxford.com premierdentsoxford@yahoo.co.uk

JIM PINK GARAGE Wallingford

• MOT Testing • Servicing – all makes • Tyres, exhausts, clutches & batteries • 4 wheel laser alignment • Diagnostics and air conditioning specialist

Your local Peugeot/ 57 Citroen Service Centre

1960-2017 years

Save Money With Auto Gas

We service all makes and models

www.draycottengineering.co.uk

01865 714714 | cowleyroadm.o.ts@gmail.com

PREMIER DENTS

Motor Repairs Ltd

Abingdon’s no hassle MOT Centre

MOT Special Offer!! Only £45 for Senior Citizens

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1000’s of used spares in stock for all makes of vans and light commercials

TIDDINGTON GARAGE LTD

TIDDINGTON GARAGE OXFORD ROAD, TIDDINGTON, OXON, OX29 2LH

TEL 01844 339210 MOB 07973 442617 INFO@OXFORDAUTOGAS.COM WWW.OXFORDAUTOGAS.COM

VEHICLE TECHNICIAN/MOT TESTER WANTED for our busy service dept. Send cv to info@jimpink.co.uk or call 01491836022 Wood Street Garage, Wood Street, Wallingford OX10 0AY 01491 836017 / 836022 or 07342 630 396 info@jimpink.co.uk

www.jimpink.co.uk SALES OPENING HOURS Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm

WORKSHOP OPENING HOURS Monday to Friday 8.15m - 5.30pm

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Motor Services

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01865 326666

cars@lodgehillgarage.com

new tyre centre We offer the following services: • Tyre sales & fitting • Wheel balancing • Laser alignment & geometry • 24hour mobile repair/callout

www.lodgehillgarage.co.uk

We Want Your Car • FINANCE SETTLED - HASSLE FREE • ALL VEHICLES CONSIDERED • FROM £50 - £20,000

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PLEASE CALL 01235 810091

Rycote Lane Farm, Milton Common Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2NZ

www.farol.co.uk

01844 277699

● The simple, safe and secure way to sell your car ● All vehicles up to 100,000 miles with service history and long MOT ● Outstanding finance settled ● Instant payment - no fees no fuss

• TOP PRICES PAID

when you buy a set of 4 car, van or 4x4 tyres. Quote code “Guardian17” to receive offer.

CARS BOUGHT FOR CASH

E.MAIL: sales@haddenhillcars.co.uk HADDEN HILL GARAGE DIDCOT 0X11 9BJ

Contact Anton or Nigel for an immediate decision Lodge Hill Garage, Oxford Road , Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 2JD.

Opening times: Mon–Fri 8.30–5.30, Sat 9–5, Sun 10–4.

Tyres-4-Trux 315/80R/22.5 ..................£139 295/80R/22.5 ..................£137 385/65R/22.5 ..................£158 (Prices exclude VAT)

01865 820 026 07789 438 702 Brand new tyres with free local delivery!

Vale Garage car and van sales is an independent retailer supplying low mileage used cars and vans in the local area of oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Berkshire.

For vehicles outside the manufacturers warranty we offer a full comprehensive warranty. All vehicles are serviced up to date when sold.

Service telephone: 01367 710 777 Sales telephone: 01367 710 100 Forecourt Location: Vale Garage, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale, nr Faringdon, Oxfordshire SN7 8HN Email: valegarage@hotmail.co.uk www.valegarage.com

Local mechanic with 15 years in the trade. Work on all makes and types of vehicles. From brakes and servicing to engine rebuilds.

Latest diagnostic equipment. Offering main dealer service at a fraction of the price.

Unit 3, The Enterprise Centre, Hawksworth, Didcot OX11 7PH Call today for a free quote Or email: Aaron001.a@googlemail.com

Repairs

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Diagnostics Engine remapping

www.wpautomotive.co.uk Tel: 01865 876322 Mobile: 07966 645742

SPECIALISTS IN CITROEN t RENAULT t PEUGEOT t AUDI t VOLKSWAGEN t SEAT t SKODA

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Brakes

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New Garage In Town

Servicing

Unit 3 Littleworth Industrial Estate Wheatley, OX33 1TZ

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Vale Garage Service Centre offers MOT testing, repairs, servicing and diagnostics. We do anything from tyres to brakes, batteries and exhausts.

MOT SERVICE

TYRES AIR CON

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Call today on 01235 850347

● MOT Test Centre ● All Makes Full & Interim Service ● Latest Diagnostic Equipment ● Repairs: All makes ● Engines, Gearboxes, Clutches & Cambelts Replaced ● Air Con – Re Gas and Servicing

Tel: 01865 714141 or 778881 Email: admin@air-cooled-engines.co.uk 2 PONY ROAD, HORSPATH IND. EST, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 2RD

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To place a recruitment advert contact us To Advertise in Recruitment, on 01235 511700 or call 01235 547841 or email: enquiries@taylornewspapers.co.uk recruitment@oxfordshireguardian.co.uk

Recruiting? t 01235 797 177

For Sale

MALMAISON OXFORD IS RECRUITING ASSISTANT HEAD HOUSEKEEPER £22K HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR £18K Malmaison Oxford is a boutique hotel in the heart of Oxford city centre with 95 richly appointed rooms and suites. If you have an eye for detail, high standards and want to be part of a brand you can be proud of this is a great opportunity for you.

To apply send your CV to jevans@malmaison.com

MALMAISON.COM/CAREERS

SLIDING glass w/ drobe doors two cream and coloured one mirrored to fit recess 2.3m x 2.36 buyer collects £60 tel: 01491 281281 SAMSUNG 32” LCD TV good working order remote control instructions booklet and new leads £70 tel: OX 374163 DC rack black metal H 125 holds 75 very compact rack it’s a space saver £7 tel: 07980403171 NISSAN headlamp/ side tit 04-06 Almera model nice condition as new £20 tel: 07980403171 GARDEN Pebbles mixed sizes approx. 50 in total. Nice for ornamental look pond or garden edging £12 tel: 07980403171

HOME CARERS WANTED

SALESPERSON FULL TRAINING GIVEN FULL TIME OR PART TIME

MINTY BEDS

CALL 01865 250039 email: Minty62@btconnect.com For Sale

New salon opening at Great Western Park - Didcot

HAIRDRESSER • Full or part time • Cutting only • Excellent earning potential • Male & female varied clientele of all ages • Development & refresher training provided • Easy to understand earnings/commission system • Superbly located salon - brings customers in • Relaxed working environment • Friendly team t Family company of 19 salons

Apply with cv to: thecuttingbar@hotmail.co.uk or Call/text: 07977 004431

PLAYER piano rous £6 JAMES Bond’s Pierce POPLIN jackets size 14 each tel: 01256 467527 Brosnam BP advert £10 tel: 01235 523162 display signed in black WANTED country art- marker £40 tel: 01189 M&S Woolen Navy ists/country birds col- 667940 lection bird ornaments M&S blazer dark navy Blazer £15 tel: 01235 woollen size 14-16 523162 tel: 01235 533363 length 30 £15 tel: 01235 CLAUD butler racing 523162 MAMOD traction bike 14 gears good TRENCH style mac engine tel: 01235 condition offers tel: 14-16 dark green £10 DELUX four wheeled seat and brakes light- flatter than usual type 01235 533363 mobility walker with weight but sturdy folds £60 tel: 01865 327635 tel: 01235 523162 523599

For Sale

in Oxford City.

Own Car essential. www.acquirecare.co.uk

01865 338050 OFFICE ASSISTANT PART-TIME Working as part of a team in a small independent Company.

Discretionary Bonuses, Pension, 20 days holiday (pro-rata) plus bank holidays Mon-Fri : To be arranged l General administration assistance l Taking orders over the phone l Dealing with customer enquiries (orders and input of hire and sales contracts onto the computer system) l Placing purchase orders with suppliers l Assisting with credit control and purchace ledger when required l Must be computer literate l Experience of working in an office and credit control would be beneficial

Please send/email your CV to us: sales@universalhire.co.uk NO AGENCIES PLEASE

PLUMBERS REQUIRED Come to see us for an informal chat on Tuesday, 22nd February, 9-11am We are a global organisation offering worldwide travel with project based event work.

Recent events were Cheltenham Festival, Goodwood, Volvo Ocean, Ryder Cup, Open and currently at the Winter Olympics.

Over 1000 projects executed successfully yearly.

We are passionate about service, delivering outstanding products.

Visit us for the chance to be part of our team.

Unit A, Antura, Kingsland Business Park, Wade Road, Basingstoke RG24 8EN Telephone 0126 477 3818 office.uk@mtd.net

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Brighten up your new year!!!

Book a holiday with our lovely advertisers or call to advertise your holiday home.

Call Maxine on: 01235 516926 Watchet - Somerset Holiday Caravans to let on small select site overlooking sea and adjacent to the West Somerset Railway.

H O T E L

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HALF PRICE SENIOR CITIZENS Short level walk into Watchet town for shops, pubs and cafe’s Call: 01984 631 781 / www.helwellbay.co.uk

Spring Breaks 2018 19th Feb - 23rd Feb ...........£133 26th Feb - 2nd March .......£133 5th March - 9th March ......£133 12th March - 16th March ..£133

19th March - 23rd March..£144 26th March - 30th March ..£144 2nd April - 6th April ............£150 9th April - 13th April ...........£154

Easter break 30th March – 2nd April £156 5 Night Breaks 3rd June - 8th June ...........£212 10th June - 15th June........£218 17th June - 22nd June ......£222 24th June - 29th June........£242

1st July - 6th July ................£242 8th July - 13th July .............£242 15th July – 20 July ..............£262 22nd July – 27 July .............£262

6 Night Breaks 17th Mar - 23rd Mar...........£214 24th Mar - 30th Mar ...........£214 31st Mar - 6 April ................£214

7th April - 13th April ...........£214 14th April - 20th April .........£214 21st April - 27th April ..........£214

For Sale NAVY Blazer size 14-16 woollen £15 poplin jacket for sale £10 for 2 size 14 tel: 01235 523162Petrol strimmer with hedge cutter attachment g/con £30 tel: 01235 835608 MCCULLOCH electrical chain saw good condition £20 tel: 01235 835608 AIR rifle 2.2 good condition £50 tel: 01235 835608 NEW steam generator iron only £50 clarks black ankle boots like new size 8 £8 tel: 01295 258550 PAVERS cross stitch flat shoes cream and beige size 8 like new £10 tel: 01295 258550

www.lagunaholidays.com Luxury return coach from local pick up point Nightly entertainment All rooms en-suite with CTV & tea making facilities

Indoor heated swimming pool Two half day trips included Dinner, bed & breakfast

Laguna Hotel, Suffolk Road South, Bournemouth BH2 6AZ

Duncan Foley holidays

SEADELL CHALET PARK® HEMSBY, GREAT YARMOUTH www.seadellchaletpark.co.uk Clean, Comfy, Brick chalets Double Glazing, Close to Beach Amusements and Amenities

£160p/w off season Pets Welcome For free colour brochure call Duncan 01493 730 238 www.duncanfoleyholidays.com

For Sale

THREE-PIECE suite one recliner chair one arm chair one threeseater two cushion sofa £260 tel: 01235 678880 WINTER wheels hedgehog sleeves for 12 inch trolley wheels with clips and instructions boxed unused £10 tel: 01295 255173

TWO motorcycle helmets and gloves £5 each tel: 07514 661646

For Sale LADIES bike single speed with basket and pump £50 ono 4 videos of Will Hay £25 ono tel: 07586 067412 STERAD double central heating radiator 700 mm high 800mm long as new tel: 07484 204962 STERAD double central heating radiator 700mm high 800mm long as new £20 tel: 07484 204962 XPELAIR extractor fan GXC6 boxed brand new wall or window mounting with fitting instructions £25 tel: 07484 204962

BIKE rack fixes to tow car holds two bikes £10 CORDON Bleu slow tel: 07514 661646 cooker good condition BRAND new bush wall £5 tel: 01865 736184 mounted 3KW elec- PHILIPS hostess troltronic industrial fan ley very good condition heater with stat ideal £30 tel: 01865 736184 garage workshop etc £20 ono tel: 07514 CARRY crate for small dog or cat folds into 661646 shoulder bog when not FIVE old cider jugs required as new constone various sizes and dition £25 tel: 07954 old pots bottles £25 130952 ono tel: 07514 661646 TWO galvanized waterDINING table remove- ing cans need a clean able centre six seater £15 tel: 01235 211633 including two carvceramic ers green fabric seats HABITAT reproduction style vgc table lamp malt grey £150 tel: 01869 360416 £15 tel: 01235 211633 FLYMO Hover lawn BABIES high chair mower used once £40 very good condition£10 buyer collects Witney tel: 01869 360416 tel: 07756 64482 KEY lock safe size H20 W31 D20 cms argos STORAGE case for cat number 634 5240 jigsaw puzzles hardly used cost £30 argos £15 tel: 07979 370112 asking £10 tel: 01865 SENTRY fire resistant 320010 box key lock 35x24x14 external size £15 tel: WANTED magazines house beautiful any 07979 370112 mags on decorating HOOVER condenser any condition tel: 01865 tumble dryer used 320010 once as new cost £229 sell for £100 tel: 01844 2 barbie dolls not dressed £30 for both 237901 tel: 01235 211633 MIRROR wall hanging ornate gold coloured ROLLS razor in its frame 80cm height own box £30 tel: 01235 58cm wide includ- 211633 ing frame 320 ono tel: OLD cavaliers helmet 07979 370112 brass coal scuttle £75 MOBILE phone with tel: 01235 211633

MENS shoes size 8 black all leather Tywhitt Alnwick bagged boxed WANTED wheelchair unused top quality UK with big or small wheels made £50 tel: 01295 must be up to date and 255173 in excellent condition FOUR NCK glow plugs tel: 01865 327635 suitable for citreon/ BABYS high chair for Peugeot 1.9 diesel sale very good con- unused boxed £15 tel: dition £10 buyer col- 01865 891271 lects Witney tel: 07756 ONE set finger rotors 644842 for merry tiller rotovator charger old and basic £6 tel: 07979 370112 BRAND new portable £30 tel: 01865 891271 record player for sale. KNITTING machine SUITCASE pair silver Unwanted gift black Passap Duomatic hard sided 2 wheels case easy carry Witney needs tlc many extras, h50 w40 d23 cms other tel: 07756 644842 patterns offers tel: smaller fits inside £30 will separate tel: 07979 PAUL Smith blue jeans 01235 211754 370112 regular style 34” waist WALKING running length £20 M&S dark exercise machine not MOBILTY scooter free navy blazer size 14-16 electric £10 tel: 07514 oldish needs battery buyer collects does 30h tel: 01235 523162 661646 work need clean and oiling up tel: 01235 821338

RALEIGH cycle in pink for girl about 5 as new £20 tel: 01235 211633 MOTORCYCLE boots size 9 triumph expedition cost £130 hardly worn black sympatex material £35 ono tel: 01844 278913 LADIES Helly Hanson two piece ski suit medium white with grey snow flakes £20 ono tel: 01844 278913

Beautiful Caravan Sited on Hayling Island 4* Holiday Park Pools, Gym, Restaurant, Live Entertainment Only £34,450 inc Site Fees Other models are available from £19,995 Call 02392 636 835

Shelly.Cooper@Parkdean-Resorts.com

For Sale ALUMINIUM ladder 9ft MICHAEL Jackson 12” picture disc ‘BAD’ plus in two parts very little 9 tracks in clear plastic used hence good con- cover £10 tel: 01865 711077 dition £10 tel: 01865 HUMLIN 5-in-1 wire711077 less headphones boxed as new £10 tel: FOUR-STEP alumin01865 711077 ium ladder never used ROWING machine with original packing home bench press and as new £10 tel: 01865 weights plastic coated hardly used £45 tel: 711077 07884 494030

DINING table and six leather chairs centre leaf made of mango excellent condition £450 tel: 07884 494030 SNOW board semipro wild duck 154 pale green design on deck very good condition £85 tel: 07960 351717 FOR sale get slim for spring exercise ball dvd and books still boxed £6 tel: OX 873406

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More to improve despite second place for Oxford skier Can’t wait to get started Skiing OXFORD skiing sensation Jack Cunningham continued his impressive rise in the winter sports world on Monday with a second-place fi nish in the English Alpine Championships Super-G. The 15-year-old was competing at Under-16 level at the Championships, taking place in Bormio, Italy.

Cunningham has previously won titles in the same event at Under-14 level.

The 22nd edition of the Championships feature the next generation of English alpine stars in the same month that Team GB take to the slopes at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

Cunningham said: “I’ve been pretty disappointed the last few days with my skiing.

“It hasn’t been where it is normally which is a bit annoying but I guess there’s plenty of things to take from it.

“I’m happy to be on the podium but there’s still a lot more to improve on.”

Cunningham, who races for Team Evolution, fi nished with a time of 48.98 seconds in the event, sponsored

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Fellow Oxford youngster Adrian Yung, who fi nished 11th in the Under-14s, will join Cunningham in Thursday’s giant slalom.

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Oxfordshire skier Jack Cunningham in action at the English Alpine Championships Super-G in Italy Picture: Racer Ready

Fire extinguished by a returning fans’ favourite as Stars win again Ice Hockey TABLE-TOPPERS Oxford City Stars received a major boost as the returning Darren Elliot enjoyed an impactful return to the ice.

The influential forward scored the last goal and set up another in an 8-1 home thrashing of Cardiff Fire on Sunday.

Elliot damaged his knee during Oxford’s win at Peterborough Phantoms at the end of November.

But the fans’ favourite made a

goalscoring return when he fi red home seven minutes from time to round off City’s fourth successive win. He also provided the assist for Michael Whillock to make it 4-0 at the start of the second period.

That goal followed a trio of strikes in the fi rst session from Andrew Cox (9 minutes), Joe Edwards (10) and Conor Redmond (19).

With Cardiff Fire’s second division side languishing near the bottom of the league table the Stars were expected to win this game easily, and were confident enough to rotate

netminders as Mark Duffy played for the fi rst time in almost two months.

Unsurprisingly most of the action was at the other end as Kamil Kinkor built on Whillock’s goal by making it 5-0, slotting home from Matthew Lawday and Jake Florey assists.

Robert Sedlak grabbed Cardiff’s consolation on 36 minutes but Kinkor broke away two minutes later to make it 6-1 at the end of the second phase.

Lawday made it seven on 49 minutes before Elliot rounded off the comfortable win four minutes later.

Title rivals Solent Devils also beat

Cardiff, winning 8-2 in south Wales on Saturday.

The wins mean Oxford cling on to their position at the top of the South2 table, a point ahead of the Devils having played a game more. Bracknell Hornets, who linger threateningly six points behind Oxford with four games in hand, had the weekend off.

City travel to winless Lee Valley Lions and the Devils play away at Haringey Huskies (8th) on Saturday.

Bracknell also face an away game when they visit Bristol Pitbulls (9th) on Sunday.

Wimbledon serve up a comprehensive victory over Henley Rugby HENLEY Hawks succumbed 19-0 to a struggling Wimbledon side during a lacklustre rain sodden Saturday afternoon in the National League 2 South.

The visitors took the lead early on as Henley struggled to cope with the committed Wimbledon performance.

After a fi nely poised opening period, the deadlock was broken when fullback Matt Gilbert converted on 15 minutes to put the away side in front.

Daniel Laventure extended the lead shortly afterwards crossing the line with Henley’s prop Brad Cook in the sin bin.

Henley currently sit nine places

above Wimbledon in the league table but there was no gulf in class on the pitch as the second half got under way.

After Cook suffered a head injury, Hawks were left with 14 men on the field and had to resort to uncontested scrums.

The contest was all but ended when Ben Brooks put Wimbledon even further out of reach on 60 minutes to cap a fi ne display to move the away side a little closer to league safety.

Wimbledon’s Dylan Flashman was named the man of the match in front of the 210-strong crowd at the Dry Leas ground.

The result means Henley stay sixth on 62 points ahead of Saturday’s away trip to Redruth in Cornwall.

Henley Hawks struggled on the rain soaked Dry Leas pitch against a dominant Wimbledon. Picture: Steve Karpa

BANBURY-BASED motorsport team Manor LMP1 have announced their drivers for the 2018/19 superseason.

Oliver Rowland, 25, and Charlie Robertson, 21, were revealed as the pair to represent Manor in the FIA World Endurance Championships, including two Le Mans 24 Hours races.

Rowland, from Sheffield, fi nished third in last year’s Formula 2 standings and was the fi rst to be named for the endurance racing team ahead of the upcoming 14-month long WEC season.

Both drivers will race in the GinettaMecachrome G60-LT-P1 under the CEFC TRSM Racing banner.

Rowland said he was “delighted” to drive for the Oxfordshire team and “can’t wait to get started”.

He added: “Endurance racing is a new experience for me and it will create a fresh challenge, but I am really looking forward to working with the team and driving such an amazing car.

“Competing in the 24 hours of Le Mans is extremely exciting and it’s something that I’ve always wanted to race in.”

The young driver previously won the 2011 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award and is a ’15 Formula Renault 3.5 champion.

The superseason will start at SpaFrancorchamps in May and conclude with the prestigious Le Mans race in June next year.

Bright finish on a miserable day Rugby WITNEY thrashed Chinnor II 17-0 on a cold and wet Saturday afternoon at the Kingsey Road ground to progress to the fi nal of the Oxfordshire Cup. Victory over Chinnor makes it six successive wins in league and cup for the west Oxfordshire club.

The home side were dominant in the opening 30 minutes as a frustrated Witney struggled to get a foothold on the slightly sloping pitch.

The referee spoke to captain and scrum half Gareth Campbell about his team’s repeated offences on 17 minutes before Witney centre Charlie Marshall was shown a yellow card three minutes later.

Chinnor edged close to Witney’s try line shortly before the half hour mark before being penalised and the tide gradually turned in the away side’s favour.

Fly half Jack Birks crossed the line close to the posts four minutes into extra time with full back Arron Lambourne converting to put Witney 7-0 up at the break.

Lloyd Allan touched down on 60 minutes before Campbell’s up-andunder eventually found its way to centre Carl Strutt who completed the 17-0 score line 10 minutes later.

Witney will face Banbury in the county cup fi nal at Iffley Road on March 29 and return to league action on Saturday with an away trip to Swindon.

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Hoops scoop valuable points

By George Welch

Oxford City THE pressure was lifted off the shoulders of boss Mark Jones as Oxford City won just their second game in 2018.

The Hoops humbled promotion chasing Hemel Hempstead 4-1 at Court Place Farm on Saturday.

A Freddie Grant goal meant City were already a goal to the good before Hemel keeper Laurie Walker was sent off for rushing out too quickly and handling the ball outside the area on 20 minutes.

It took just four minutes for relegation threatened Oxford to take advantage as Christian OxladeChamberlain bundled home.

Late goals from Godfrey Poku and debutant Sam Nombe secured City’s biggest win of the season since the 3-0 at Whitehawk in August.

“It’s a really good win for us”, a relieved Jones said. “We came into the game under a little bit of pressure as we haven’t started the year very well.

“Hemel are flying high in the table and it’s a big win. We played well and I think we deserved it.

“We had a bit of good fortune when the keeper was sent off but I think we managed the game quite well.”

He added that he was pleased with the “really, really good” debuts of new

Evo-Stik South Premier Saturday 10 February Slough Town 0-1 Banbury United

Debutant Sam Nombe scored City’s fourth to secure the points in a good victory Picture: Michael Allen

Evo-Stik South East Saturday 10 February Thame United P-P Hanwell Town Tuesday 13 February Moneyfields P-P Thame United Evo-Stik South West Saturday 10 February North Leigh P-P AFC Totton Slimbridge P-P Kidlington Winchester City 2-0 Didcot Town Tuesday 13 February North Leigh P-P Paulton Rovers Wednesday 14 February Kidlington v Bideford (match after going to press)

signings defender Frankie Musonda and forward Sam Nombe, who joined the club on loan from Luton Town and Milton Keynes Dons respectively last week.

The win halted a disappointing run of four defeats in five matches, edging them away from the National League South trapdoor.

Jones challenged his players to build on the win and fi nd some consistency. Next up is a long trip to Truro City on Saturday.

He said: “What we have to do now is take it on to the next game. We need to show some consistency and go to Truro and reproduce a similar type of performance.”

Truro are another play-off chasing side, promising another difficult fi xture for Jones’ men.

But the Cornwall side go into the game on the back of a 3-1 home defeat to mid-table Wealdstone.

The Hoops are 17th on 32 points from 30 games, three places and four points above the relegation zone.

Playing well altogether nets result for Puritans Banbury United

Mike Ford was pleased with the performance on Saturday

BANBURY United saw off promotion chasers Slough Town with an impressive 1-0 away win in Berkshire on Saturday as more new faces join the depleted squad.

A disciplined Puritans performance in defence allowed Ricky Johnson to snatch a second half goal to move Banbury to within one point of Slough in the Evo-Stik South Premier and keep their playoff hopes alive.

Defeat for the home team drops them out of the top five and one place above Banbury who are biting at their heels in eighth on 53 points.

Banbury were forced to play in an unfamiliar purple shirt after a misunderstanding over kit colours

meant the visitors had to wear Slough’s old away tops.

Both sides cancelled each other out in the opening half before Johnson broke the deadlock on 66 minutes capitalising on a defensive slip from Guy Hollis.

The lively forward confidently fi nished past Jack Turner in the Slough goal to put the Oxfordshire club in front, who restricted Slough to pot shots and dead ball situations.

Manager Mike Ford said: “Every single one of those players has played fantastically well in some games, but we haven’t played well altogether in one game, and that’s what we did today.

“I’m just really pleased because we’ve had a week where I’ve let a really good player go, I brought in

a player [Leon Lobjoit] who in my eyes is slightly different, but he’s unfortunately broken his arm and is out for six to eight weeks.”

Lobjoit, 23, joined the club on loan from Northampton Town until the end of the season but broke his arm in training on Thursday last week.

He joins 18-year-old left footed defender Ross McMahon on work experience from Coventry City and former Oxford City and Oman side Fanja SC forward Amer Awadh, 20, after being given international clearance.

Last week, Banbury released striker Conor McDonagh, who registered 31 goals in 84 appearances for the club.

Banbury travel to leaders King’s Lynn Town on Saturday.

Chances missed as Railwaymen come off the tracks Didcot Town TEN-MAN Didcot Town were left rueing missed chances as they lost 2-0 at Winchester City on Saturday.

The Railwaymen dominated possession but were unable to convert a number of opportunities.

On a pitch that cut up badly, Diddy’s George Jeacock had the game’s fi rst big chance, fi ring into the side-netting when he could have crossed.

Winchester’s Ryan Pryce then denied the away side with good saves from Matty Woodley and Cameron McNeill.

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A Stuart Cattell header hit the bar and Felipe Barcelos could only head the rebound over.

Frustrated they weren’t ahead at the break, Town fell behind to a freak goal three minutes after the restart when Jamie Barron launched an effort from 50 yards which looped over Leigh Bedwell.

The big moment of the match came when Didcot thought they should have had a penalty but, protests waved away, the hosts went down the other end and won a penalty of their own.

Cattell received his second yellow card for the foul and Barron duly converted the penalty.

Winchester only had a man advantage for five minutes as Adam Brice was also sent off but City hung on for victory.

The defeat leaves Diddy clinging on to sixth place, the fi nal Evo-Stik South West play-off position.

■ Thame United v Hanwell Town, North Leigh v AFC Totton and Slimbridge v Kidlington were all postponed on Saturday.

Moneyfields v Thame United and North Leigh v Paulton Rovers were postponed on Tuesday.

As we went to press yesterday Kidlington’s game at home to Bideford was on.

Felipe Barcelos missed a chance on a frustrating afternoon Picture: Roger Neal

Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division Saturday 10 February Abingdon United 3-1 Longlevens Burnham P-P Oxford City Nomads

Abingdon give tough lesson in second half Hellenic round-up A SUPERB second half shift from Steve Alman’s Abingdon United helped them come from behind to beat Longlevens 3-1.

All three United goals came in the second half and the home win helped the Vale side elbow their way into the top half of the Hellenic Premier League.

Adam Phillips put Longlevens ahead with a ninth minute strike – and that is how it stayed for more than 50 minutes.

Jayce Olivero levelled the scores at the Northcourt dead on the hour before John Dennis continued the momentum with a brace. His fi rst came on 75 minutes, his second hitting the back of the net on 90 minutes.

PE teacher Alman praised the “important” win, adding: “Dictated the game, dominated with chances, importantly though, players stuck to the plan and got the rewards their efforts deserved.”

United’s win made it back-to-back wins for February – they will try and make it three from three when they pay a visit to Lydney Town on Saturday.

Oxford City Nomads’ game at Burnham was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch while Wantage Town did not have a game.

As a result of their weekend off, the Freds fell further behind the two pacesetters as both Thatcham Town and Highworth Town won.

Town (3rd) host Fairford Town (17th) and Nomads (13th) entertain Tuffley Rovers (12th) on Saturday.

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Explosive start fizzles out as Gas blast brace

By George Welch

Oxford United 1 Joe Rothwell 2

Bristol Rovers 2 Kyle Bennett 68, Ellis Harrison 80 Attendance: 8,471 (1,804 away)

A LACKLUSTRE second half showing from Oxford United threw away an early lead as Bristol Rovers struck twice in the second period to condemn Derek Fazackerley to a 2-1 defeat in his fi rst home game in charge.

United started well and took the lead within two minutes through Joe Rothwell, but a poor second half from the U’s saw the Gas turn the game around with a confident showing.

Caretaker boss Fazackerley called on his players to build on the previous win at Charlton Athletic – and he got an immediate response as the Yellows exploded into action.

A poor clearance from Rovers stopper Adam Smith found its way to Rothwell who took advantage and fi red confidently into the top corner of the net.

The United players said the buzz around the club had returned and the hosts played with drive and passion in the early stages, although Simon Eastwood had to be alert to tip a Chris Lines effort over the bar.

Rothwell and Isaac BuckleyRicketts both went close but Rovers saw more of the ball as the half went on.

Lacking fi repower since Billy Bodin, the scorer of 11 Rovers goals this season, left for the Championship

Goalkeeper Claire Skinner and striker Chloe Chivers are off to play in the Cyprus Cup for Wales. PIctures: OUFCW

Ladies head off to Cyprus OUFCW

Joe Rothwell fires United into an early lead but they couldn’t keep up the pace. Pictures: Steve Daniels last month, the visitors only really tried their luck from range in the fi rst half.

Kyle Bennett and Stuart Sinclair skewed high and wide before Ollie Clarke had similar luck with strikes from outside the area as the fi rst half came to a close.

The U’s had plenty to do in the second half to hold on to their lead and they were given a fright when former United midfielder Liam Sercombe, the scorer of 17 goals in two seasons in Oxford colours, fl ashed a header wide.

The Gas continued to ask questions as striker Ellis Harrison who, quiet up to the hour mark, should have done

better with a header from close range.

But the pressure proved too much and, on 68 minutes, Bennett smashed home the equaliser when Oxford failed to clear a free kick.

Rattled, the wave of pressure intensified and Eastwood had to be at full stretch to tip a curling Bennett effort from around the post.

The winner arrived 10 minutes from time when a Clarke cross was volleyed home by Harrison.

Substitute Agon Mehmeti responded with a low drive that fl ashed wide but United failed to keep the ball or create anything of note in the second half, leaving plenty for Fazackerley to think about.

‘Performance just wasn’t good enough’ A FRUSTRATED Derek Fazackerley bemoaned a lack of composure for Oxford United’s second half capitulation against Bristol Rovers.

The temporary boss said his players struggled to effectively keep hold of possession while coping with the Gashead’s directness.

Unhappy with the overall performance, the 66-year-old said: “We made a good start to the game but ultimately the performance wasn’t good enough to justify us getting anything from the game.

“With the start that we got I would have anticipated us to show a little bit more composure.

“Bristol Rovers are a very difficult team to play against and we were defending for long periods and inevitably it gives the opposition the opportunity to get the ball in and around the box and they nicked a couple of goals.”

The former defender, who has lost three and won one of his four games in charge, said he would still be unhappy with the performance even if the U’s had won.

Derek Fazackerley at Saturday’s game He said: “After the good start I don’t know whether our mentality was that we [the players] might be able to hold onto a 1-0 win.

“Last week we talked about performance and in the performance it got us the opportunity to stay in the game and snatch a late winner but our performance today [Saturday] wasn’t

good enough irrespective of the result.

“Even if we’d won 1-0 we would have been hugely disappointed with the performance because that’s what drives the results.”

Fazackerley added that some of the players are struggling to deal with the added tension around the Kassam.

He said: “There’s a little bit of nervousness and edginess about the place at the moment, especially when playing here, and the crowd become edgy if you’re not playing the type of football they expect.

“That has certainly impacted one or two of the players. We have to be better.”

■ Meanwhile, the club is yet to comment on Pep Clotet’s successor. It has now been more than three weeks since the Spaniard was sacked and it remains unclear who will replace him.

As we went to press Craig Bellamy, who missed out on the Wales job last month, is the bookies’ favourite. David Unsworth is the latest to rule himself out, meaning Alan Stubbs, another ex-Everton defender, is second favourite.

GOALKEEPER Claire Skinner and striker Chloe Chivers have been called up to the Welsh Women’s squad for the Cyprus Cup. Manager Jayne Ludlow named the Oxford United Ladies pair ahead of the tournament opener against Finland on February 28.

Wales have been placed in Group A alongside Finland, Italy and Switzerland, and will be keen to improve on last year’s sixth place fi nish.

Skinner has played two games for Oxford so far this season while Chivers is the club’s second top goalscorer with three goals from 12 appearances.

The call-ups came after the U’s lost their fourth game of the WSL2 season.

Having got back to winning ways

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against Aston Villa the previous week, United were unable to build on this and lost 2-1 at Tottenham Hotspur Ladies on Sunday.

Chivers justified her Wales call up with the opener midway through the fi rst half, heading an Ellis Hillman cross over the keeper and into the net.

The Yellows held on to the lead until hail and snow made a guest appearance and an Oxford player handled in the box.

Stopper Demi Lambourne saved the spot kick only for Coral-Jade Haines to convert the rebound on 68 minutes.

And Spurs secured the points 10 minutes later when Ryah Vyse prodded home a Bianca Baptiste cross.

Oxford remain fi fth, a point and a place above Tottenham, on 11 points from nine games.

They travel to Brighton & Hove Albion (3rd) on Thursday next week.

GP

GD

PTS

1

Shrewsbury Town

31

18

64

2

Wigan Athletic

30

38

63

3

Blackburn Rovers

32

26

63

4

Rotherham United

32

17

56

5

Scunthorpe United

33

12

55

6

Bradford City

33

-2

50

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Charlton Athletic

31

3

48

8

Plymouth Argyle

33

-1

47

9

Portsmouth

32

1

46

10

Peterborough United

31

8

45

11

Bristol Rovers

32

-2

45

12

Gillingham

32

1

44

13

Oxford United

32

-1

41

14

Southend United

32

-11

41

15

Walsall

31

-3

40

16

Doncaster Rovers

33

-3

39

17

Blackpool

32

-4

38

18

Fleetwood Town

31

-7

36

19

Oldham Athletic

33

-12

36

20

Northampton Town

33

-22

36

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AFC Wimbledon

32

-10

34

22

MK Dons

31

-14

30

23

Bury

32

-21

26

24

Rochdale

28

-11

25

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U’s left with mountain to climb after falling to 13th

By George Welch

Rotherham United 3 Anthony Forde 7, Richard Towell 29, Michael Smith 52

Oxford United 1 James Henry 43 Attendance: 7,707 (360 away) IRRESISTIBLE Rotherham United proved too strong for struggling Oxford United, who slipped into the bottom half of the table for the first time since October following defeat in South Yorkshire.

The timid U’s were outgunned 3-1 by the Millers at the New York Stadium, a result that cost United a fi fth defeat in six matches.

James Henry scored a fi ne solo goal on the stroke of half time – a rare positive in another loss – but the visitors were already two goals down by this point.

Caretaker manager Derek Fazackerley said his side need to stop shooting themselves in the foot but Rotherham top the SkyBet League One form table so it was no surprise they started strongly.

The hosts had already threatened twice by the time Anthony Forde smashed the ball past Simon Eastwood from 20 yards for a well-taken opener within 10 minutes.

It should have been two not long after but Eastwood, marking his 100th start for United, produced one of the fi nest saves of his career, tipping a Michael Smith header from six yards onto the post.

Paul Warne’s side did not have to wait much longer for the second goal though as Richard Towell racked

James Henry, who scored United’s only goal, drives a shot at goal. Picture: Steve Daniels up his third goal of the season from close range on the half hour mark.

Henry drifted past a defender and fi red a wonderful effort into the roof of the net to pull a goal back for the U’s. Remarkably, the winger could have levelled things in injury time had it not been for a fi ne save from Marek Rodak.

Any recovery was nipped in the

bud when Rotherham made it 3-1 shortly after the restart, Smith opening up the two-goal home advantage again with a tap in.

The result made it five wins on the bounce for Rotherham who stretched their unbeaten run to 12 games.

Afterwards, a disappointed Fazackerley said he was encouraged with the hunger and desire

of the players to get back into the game but added: “We can’t keep shooting ourselves in the foot like that – it leaves you with a mountain to climb.”

Oxford are 13th while Saturday’s visitors to the Kassam Plymouth Argyle, bottom of the table in October, have climbed to eighth, only three points off the play-offs.

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Putting hard work in on training pitch DEBUTANT Rob Dickie, pictured, admitted there were mixed feelings after finally making his first Oxford United appearance in the 3-1 defeat at Rotherham United on Tuesday.

The centre back, who signed from Reading at the start of January, did well on his United debut, winning plenty in the air and making several important interceptions on the deck.

The 21-year-old spent the first seven games of his United career on the bench but replaced Aaron Martin in the starting line-up against the Millers.

The tall centre half said: “I’m pleased to make my debut but it was a disappointing night against a good Rotherham side that have a really good understanding of their game plan.”

Dickie enjoyed a combative debut against the 6ft 4in striker Michael Smith, who got the better of his marker to score Rotherham’s third goal.

“I will always relish a challenge like that and after the game I will always shake his hand – it’s a man’s game,” he said.

Dickie will have easier games but admitted that Oxford could have got something from the visit to South Yorkshire.

He said: “We had our chances and we had a few good spells in the game where we looked promising.

“We just need to cut out the goals that we’re conceding and we’ll work our hardest on the training pitch to do that.”

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